With sly wit and a keen understanding of human nature, Montalbano is a detective whose earthiness, compassion, and intelligence make him totally irresistible. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him, heedless of personal danger, on a journey through the island's past and into a family's dark heart amid the horrors of World War II. The Terra-cotta Dog opens with a mysterious tete-a-tete with a mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and some dying words that lead Inspector Montalbano to a secret grotto in a mountain cave where two young lovers, dead fifty years and still embracing, are watched over by a life-size terra-cotta dog. JACKET NOTES: Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Salvo Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic, engaging take on Sicilian life and his genius for deciphering the most enigmatic of crimes. (Translated from the Italian by Stephen Sartarelli) The Terracotta Dog is the second outing for the fractious Inspector Salvo Montalbano and his team based in Vigàta, Sicily and despite this being only my third read from the series I already feel that I am reaping the benefits of a growing familiarity with the characters and the ‘flexible’ justice system that Camilleri recounts. Andrea Camilleri The Inspector Salvo Montalbano Mystery Series The Terra-Cotta Dog DESCRIPTION : The Terracotta Dog, the second book in Andrea Camilleris Inspector Montalbano series, opens with a mysterious tete-a-tete with a Mafioso. The Terracotta Dog, the second book in Andrea Camilleris Inspector Montalbano series, opens with a mysterious tete-a-tete with a Mafioso, some inexplicably.
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