Death at Sea

A collection of eight ingenious short stories following Inspector Montalbanos investigations into Sicilys murky underworld, all served with Camilleris trademark wit, and Montalbanos typical appetite. Featuring stories adapted for BBC4s Inspector Montalbano, this is the perfect place to start reading Sicilys favourite crime author. From the title story, Death at Sea, in which the alleged manslaughter of an engineer upon a fishing trawler leads Inspector Montalbano to uncover an even more sinister crime, Andrea Camilleri takes his readers through eight cunning cases from the Vig tan police files. Starting with an arson attack on a hotel which leaves the distraught owner as the chief suspect; to the mysterious case of a woman who goes missing in an underpass with a million lire in her handbag; to a threat on Montalbanos own life, as an anonymous motorcyclist takes a shot at the detective.