Inspector Montalbano book # 14th

I was really captured by this story even if I hadn’t followed closely this series. I had no trouble to get caught in the going on at this point and enjoyed every bit of it. So I guess, it is safe to say you could nevertheless enjoy this installment while Montalbano goes about his tasks solving foul play.

In this one, Inspector Montalbano encounters a woman that is interested in a certain yacht scheduled to dock that afternoon. Beside this luxury vessel is anchored another yacht with a somewhat shady crew. When, the crew reports finding a disfigured corpse Montalbano investigates and thinks that the crew knows way more than they are letting know. Then the story will grab you and won’t let go.

I enjoyed passing time with this story even if I didn’t know most of the characters I slowly got to know them through this mystery while they went about their tasks. There are a number of incredibly funny scenes as well as very serious ones. The pacing very well done: slow and steady. In a warm narration, we are taken to the shoreline of a quaint village of Vigata, a lovely little corner of Sicily that comes to life with all the sights, smells and tastes. Mr. Camilleri knows how to pen not only a poignant story but a very captivating tale.

Not a bad read at all ( )

La nueva novela de Andrea Camilleri protagonizada por el comisario Salvo Montalbano. En palabras del propio autor, ésta no sólo es la novela más “Marina” del comisario, sino que por primera vez trabaja codo con codo con una mujer policia. ¡Y qué mujer! La joven teniente Laura Belladona es de una simpatía irresistible y una belleza magnética. Al igual que Petrarca, incluso Montalbano Laura es de “dulce de error”, el deseo nunca consumado, Aunque usted correspondido, que lo situará frente a frente con su conciencia. La proverbial lucidez de Salvo no le bastará esta vez para librase de algunos de los fantasmas que lo atenazan, por lo que deberá acudir en busca de consuelo a la trattoria de Enzo, quizá con más frecuencia de lo habitual.

Salvo in love is not what I signed up for. The mystery isn't terribly interesting, Commissario Montalbano has a bad meal and loses his appetite a couple of times, leaves meals unappreciated. Nope. And a late 50s early 30s attraction is unappealing. Not to mention all the job insanity. ( )

Published this year, the newest Inspector Montalbano series starts his rescue of a young woman, whose car is perched over a washed out road and her story of meeting a fancy yacht belonging to her aunt. When the yacht finally arrives, it has brought a dead body with a destroyed face killed by poison. Montalbano then has his usual feelings about a younger woman, a lieutenant from the port police. With the assistance of his nemesis pathologist, he figures out that the victim is someone else and unravels a substantial smuggling operation. ( )

Really enjoying the characters, the setting and the plotting plus a great sense of humor. ( )