August Heat
An Inspector Montalbano Mystery

My third Inspector Montalbano mystery. I previously read The Terra-Cotta Dog and The Voice of the Violin. This is a police procedural translated from the Italian. It’s a fun read as the Inspector is known for his love of good food both at a local (Sicilian) trattoria and that cooked for him by his m......more

The opening of this, the tenth in the series featuring the cynical Inspector Salvo Montalbano, set in Sicily, is at a seaside rental Salvo and his girlfriend Livia are hosting for their friends Laura, her husband, and their three-year-old son, who falls down a well. Laura is convinced the place is h......more

3.5 While I love classic detective fiction because it focuses entirely on the puzzle, I love Montalbano precisely because he is so inextricably involved with every crime he investigates, with every witness he questions and every crime scene he inspects. So, while La vampa d'agosto expands on Montalb......more

Para Salamandra es la décima entrega, según mi registro es la decimotercera ya que cuento los libros de relatos que la misma editorial ha publicado antes de este tomo. Más allá de que numeral sea, esta novela trae nuevamente el cruce de policial negro con cierto grado de humor. Buenos diálogos y los......more

Always a pleasure to read a Moltabano adventure by the great (and much missed already) Andrea Camilleri (RIP). There will be many more this summer! :)......more