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A loud noise wakes Montalbano, caused by the stormy sea. The sea and the port of Vigata become the setting of Montalbano's new investigation, involving two vessels moored side by side at the Vigata docks: a powerful speedboat and the "Vanna", a luxury yacht whose crew has found a dinghy at sea carrying a disfigured man killed by poison.
Salvo Montalbano investigates the murder of Lapecora, a middle-aged accountant, found stabbed in the back in the lift of the building where he lived. Under questioning, the victim's widow bitterly accuses her husband's mistress, a beautiful Tunisian woman named Kherima, who vanished on the day of the murder, taking with her François, her six-year-old son.
Detective Montalbano: Episodes 25 & 26: 2 2013 "A Voice in the Night" and "A Ray of Light" 24 September 2013 Detective Montalbano: Episodes 27 & 28: 2 2016 "A Delicate Matter" and "The Mud Pyramid" 28 June 2016 Detective Montalbano: Episodes 29 & 30: 2 2017 "A Nest of Vipers" and "As Per Procedure" 27 June 2017 Detective Montalbano: Episodes 31 ...
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: One 23 December 1990 29 August 1994 Inspector George Gently: One 8 April 2007 30 October 2017 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: One 12 March 2001 1 June 2008 Inspector Montalbano: Four 13 December 2008 – 2 July 2022 28 December 2019 – 13 May 2023 The Interceptor: One 10 June 2015 29 July 2015 Into the West: Two
Montalbano soon finds the man in a sort of pied-à-terre, killed by a shot in the face and left in an obscene position: a suitable position, since the man was a well-known womanizer and had many sexual affairs with attractive women, one of whom seems more involved than the others, Elena Sclafani.
Inspector Montalbano is an engaging hero – honest, decent and loyal. He has his own way of doing things, and his superiors regard him as something of a loose cannon. One of the strengths of the novels is Montalbano's ability to navigate through a murky world, a world of shady connections and favours owed and owing, without compromising ...
On his way to a funeral, Montalbano's driver avoids what seems to be a suicidal chicken, making the car skid and hitting another car parked in front of a villa. The inspector leaves a note under the windshield wiper of the damaged car to warn the owner. Since his colleague complains about the blow he received, the two go to the hospital.
It is the eighth novel in the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series. Set once again in Sicily, The Patience of the Spider pits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet: the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in Rounding the Mark, he must overcome self-imposed seclusion and waxing ...