The Patience of the Spider (Inspector Montalbano mysteries)

The Patience of the Spider (Inspector Montalbano mysteries)

by Andrea Camilleri (Author)

Synopsis

As Montalbano recovers from the injuries he sustained in Rounding the Mark, aided and abetted by his girlfriend Livia's ministrations, a local girl goes missing and the whole community takes an interest in the case. But why are the kidnappers so sure that the girl's impoverished father and dying mother will be able to find a fortune?

Montalbano is called in to help, and in his own inimitable style eventually ferrets out the truth about a kidnapping that is anything but straightforward.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Picador
Published: 06 Apr 2007

ISBN 10: 0330453637
ISBN 13: 9780330453639

Author Bio
Andrea Camilleri is one of Italy's most famous contemporary writers. The Inspector Montalbano series has been translated into thirty-two languages and was adapted for Italian television, screened on BBC4. The Potter's Field, the thirteenth book in the series, was awarded the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger for the best crime novel translated into English. He lives in Rome.