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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A Stradivarius of a case A page-turner of a book if ever there was one, The Voice of the Violin shows Montalbano at his most prescient. Again, the Inspector receives inspiration from meditating on saraceno olive tree branches and, additionally, by wading along the Sicilian surf - a true natural, this sleuth. I'm no crime cognoscento, but I don't think there's any way the reader can anticipate the course of events (and it's as full of chicanes as Italian politics). We are streets behind Montalbano and can only admire this... more info
Wonderful Salvo Strikes Again! I absolutely loved this book. Crime, food, wickedly dry humour and the evocative life of Sicily all wrapped up in one unputdownable novel. I haven't read the series in any sequence, as I didnt realise there was one, but it hasnt distracted me from the delicious narrative. An total joy from start to finish (wherever you start in the series!)
Terrific, Robust Romp I did not want to put this book down; it was witty, fun, highly enjoyable and I don't need any more reasons to recommend this book. A fast moving tale, centred on a chaotic police station in Sicily. The mafia are here and the useless caribinieri mixed with so much mouth-watering food that I felt I was sitting down with Inspector Montalbano at every meal. There is a great cast of characters, including an amateur lady sleuth and very funny constable galloping through this tale of food, music and love.more info
My Favourite of the series so far I loved this book. It has all the usual qualities one looks for in Camilleri, the intellectual intelligence mixed with the rough street life and gritty crime scenes of Sicily. The endless obsession with what's going to be one the table for dinner and the complexities of the inspector's fractured love life, along with a cracking story. A woman's body is found brutalised in her perfect house. Her life is thrust under the microscope and her strange existence starts to unravel before the Inspector's eyes. His... more info
