Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories

Andrea Camilleri author Stephen Sartarelli translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:17th Nov '16

£12.99

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A personal anthology of Andrea Camilleri's favourite short stories, all starring the much loved Inspector Montalbano.

Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories is a brilliant collection of short stories, personally chosen by Andrea Camilleri.

It follows Inspector Montalbano from his very first case in Vigàta, in which he stumbles upon a young girl lurking outside a courthouse with a pistol in her handbag. When she is taken in for questioning and won't utter a single word, Montalbano must find another way to learn who she is trying to kill, and why . . .

Other cases include a missing woman who has run away from the love of her life; an old married couple who appear to be rehearsing their suicides; and a crime so dark there's only one person the inspector can call for help.

With twists and turns aplenty, these short stories have all the wit, mystery and culinary gusto that Camilleri's fans have come to love him for.

Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today * Sunday Times *
One of fiction's greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe's greatest crime writes . . . utterly gripping * Daily Mirror *
Wonderful Italian detective stories * Guardian *
For sunny views, explosive characters and a snappy plot constructed with great farcical ingenuity, the writer you want is Andrea Camilleri * New York Times *

  • Short-listed for CWA Short Story Dagger 2016 (UK)

ISBN: 9781447298403

Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 47mm

Weight: 372g

576 pages