The Terra-Cotta Dog (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries)

Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic take on Sicilian life. Montalbano's latest case begins with a mysterious t?t? ? t?t? with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and dying words that lead him to an illegal arms cache in a mountain cave. There, the inspector finds two young lovers, dead for fifty years and still embracing, watched over by a life-sized terra-cotta dog. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him on a journey through Sicily's past and into one family's darkest secrets. With sly wit and a keen understanding of human nature, Montalbano is a detective whose earthiness, compassion, and imagination make him totally irresistable. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-24-2009; It just gets better; Another engaging story from Camilleri. This one is better than his first, and not as good as his next. Again, I was distressed that it ended so soon, but that inevitably brought to my mind a wonderful Whoopi Goldberg routine from her...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-04-2009; "Oh, seek me not within a tomb; Thou shalt not find me in the clay!I pierce a little wall of gloomTo mingle with the day? " John G. Neihardt I got a great deal of pleasure from Andrea Camilleri's first Inspector Montalbano mystery, The Shape of Water (Inspector...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-08-2008; The Best; Andrea Camilleri is one of the few brilliant writers in the genre of detective fiction. His work has it all: superb writing, sensuality, food, funny and moving characters, a great detective, and a setting that allows for all kinds of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-10-2007; II CANE DI TERRACOTTA - THE TERRACOTTA DOG - ANDREA CAMILLERI; Inspector Salvo Montalbano of Vig?ta gets an urgent call from his best friend Greg the pimp they need to meet on the quick, Montalbano is informed that Greg was told to relay a message from Tano the Greek (the number two Mafioso) he...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-24-2009; It just gets better; Another engaging story from Camilleri. This one is better than his first, and not as good as his next. Again, I was distressed that it ended so soon, but that inevitably brought to my mind a wonderful Whoopi Goldberg routine from her...; read full review | report as inappropriate