Category Archives: Andrea Camilleri

As I have thought for a couple of reviews now, there’s really not much you can say about an individual book in the Salvo Montalbano series that hasn’t been said about the previous umpteen books in the series. Aside from … Continue reading →

Some crime novels that are part of long running series can be read, and reviewed, in isolation while others, like the adventures of Salvo Montalbano, can’t really be appreciated in this way. To me THE DANCE OF THE SEAGULL reads … Continue reading →

In the opening pages of THE AGE OF DOUBT its hero must consider his own mortality in a rather peculiar way. He dreams that he has died and not only is he prevented from investigating his own death but his … Continue reading →

Although I haven’t read all the books in this series I have read enough of them to both know what to expect when opening the front cover of a new one and to eagerly anticipate my expectations being met. Happily … Continue reading →

The previous two installments of the Inspector Montalbano books that I’ve read have been enjoyable despite seeming a little surreal, particularly when it comes to the local politics they depict. But as I read The Track of Sand while the … Continue reading →

When a young woman’s body is found in a rubbish dump Inspector Silvio Montalbano and his team are at first baffled. Her face has been severely damaged so the only identifying feature they have to go on is a tattoo … Continue reading →