Treasure Hunt

If anyone was to ask what books would accompany me to a desert island, the entire Montalbano series to date would be a strong contender. There is something about the quality of Camilleri’s writing that there is always some slight nuance or unexpected event that catches you off-guard, revealing to th......more

There's nothing glaringly wrong with this novel (as there was with The Dance of the Seagull), but there's also not much to recommend it. It feels like the life has gone out of this series, as if Camilleri is phoning it in. The story starts out pretty well, with a pair of elderly religious fanatics w......more

The more mysteries I read, the more discriminating I am getting. I think this is the way reading can work. If this were the first mystery I had ever read I probably would have thought this was good, and you know, Andrea Camilleri is generally a good and entertaining writer. He's loved the world over......more

Estamos ante otra entretenida novela de la saga Montalbano. Nuestro comisario está más viejo, se nota física e intelectualmente y comete errores. Es una historia extraña. Te hace reír al principio y te pone los pelos de punta al final. El clímax va in crescendo y las páginas se devoran. Para tanta te......more

A sumptuous mystery. Highly recommend.......more