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The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries)
by Andrea Camilleri
from Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• The Ninth Inspector Montalbano Mystery - La Luna di Carta - The Paper Moon by Andrea Camilleri
  Inspector Montalbano wakes this time not by his inner alarm clock but from one he now sets each night to wake him prompt each morning. His usual slapstick routine of starting the day had fallen by the wayside, irrelevant random thoughts had been plaguing his mind, with a touch of forgetfulness, tiredness and that feeling of age had suddenly creep upon him.
  Within ten minutes of being at the station Montalbano is confronted by Signorina. Michela Pardo who cannot locate her brother Angelo, he may have... more info

• Well, I thought I had him!
  "The Paper Moon" by Andrea Camilleri.
  Translated by Stephen Sartarelli. Penguin Books, 2008.
  I thought I had him. I have enjoyed the "Inspector Montalbano Series" by Andrea Camilleri and I thought that I had figured out this book. The plot was straight forward, (or so I thought).
  It had to be organized crime taking vengeance on the dead man, Angelo Pardo; we would discover the reason as the book progressed. The two beautiful young ladies were just thrown in to build up the emphasis on... more info

• Another great book from Camilleri
  Wonderfully nuanced, this most recent addition to an incomparable series manages to combine the ongoing soul-searching of Inspector Montalbano with the never-ending ills of the Sicilian world, be they criminal or not. With an enviable economy of words, Camilleri continues to paint both people and places compellingly.

• All is not as it seems
  Inspector Salvo Montalbano is back in the ninth of this mystery series. It is a straightforward and charming novel, with the Sicilian detective embroiled in a murder case involving two beautiful women who continually lie to him. One is the sister of the victim, who was shot in the head and found with his penis protruding from his open pants. The other was his mistress, who claims she had broken off the relationship.
  Meanwhile, some high-ranking government officials are found dead of overdoses, and... more info

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