Treasure Hunt (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143122623)

"You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven't read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood -- altogether transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano." A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

A hail of bullets interrupts a period of dead calm. An elderly brother and sister open fire on the plaza below their apartment, punishing the people of Vig炙a for their sins. News cameras capture Montalbano--gun in hand--as he scales the building to capture the ancient snipers. Inside he finds a nightmarish world of religious objects and a well-worn inflatable sex doll that will come back to haunt him. The Inspector is hailed as a hero after the televised adventure and calm returns. But Montalbano begins to receive cryptic messages in verse, challenging him to go on a "treasure hunt." Intrigued, he accepts, treating the messages as amusing riddles--until they take a dangerous turn.

Author: Andrea Camilleri
ISBN-10: 0143122622
ISBN-13: 9780143122623
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2013
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/05/2013
Booklist 09/15/2013 pg. 38
Library Journal 10/15/2013 pg. 90
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2013