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Bezig met laden... The Pyramid of Mud (2014)door Andrea Camilleri
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This workmanlike twenty-third book in Camilleri's marvelous series shows us that no one knows the inner workings of the police, the media, and the Mafia like Salvo Montalbano. In fact, he knows these areas so well that I don't even bother trying to solve the mystery myself; I just sit back and enjoy watching the inspector do all the work. Although The Pyramid of Mud does show us some of the ins and outs of Italian construction work, it's a stand-out for me in a different area: Livia. Normally, I don't care for the mysteries in which Livia takes part because all she and Montalbano ever seem to do is to pick fights with each other. Relationships based on fighting and making up are big yawns for me. But in this book, Livia is ill, and I found Montalbano's lack of focus on the murder investigation due to his concern for her to be touching. Could these two be mellowing in their advancing years? I hope so! After reading this book, I'm one step closer to the series' end, something I'd rather not acknowledge. I'd always hoped that Montalbano would go on forever and ever and ever... A pretty weak effort by Camilleri. A convoluted story with a villain and the mafia working together to defraud the public with construction contracts using subpar materials. Starting off with a dead body at a construction site, which is dressed up as a lover's quarrel, Montalbano and his crew solve the complex crime, but have no solid evidence which the prosecutor can use for an arrest or even a warrant because the participants keep dying or disappearing. Money is the root of all evil. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
On a gloomy morning in Vigàta, a call from Fazio rouses Inspector Montalbano from a nightmare. A man called Giugiù Nicotra has been found dead in the skeletal workings of a construction site--a place now entombed by a sea of mud from recent days of rain and floods. Shot in the back, he had fled into a water supply system tunnel. The investigation gets off to a slow start, but all the evidence points to the world of construction and public contracts, a world just as slimy and impenetrable as mud. As he wades through a world in which construction firms and public officials thrive, Montalbano is obsessed by one thought: that by going to die in the tunnel, Nicotra had been trying to communicate something. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Grover Gardner once again gives a marvelous narration (and lots of Catarella in this one - I especially like the voice Gardner uses for him!). With this series, I am torn between listening to the audiobook and reading the print (or ebook) edition; I love Gardner's narration but miss translator Stephen Sartarelli's notes. ( )