An Inspector Montalbano Mystery by Andrea Camilleri
Andrea Camilleri's Montalbano stories are set in southeast Sicily |
Montalbano is struggling with his
feelings about getting older and anxious that his long distance, but long
lasting relationship with his girlfriend, Livia, is in trouble.
But he sets out to try to establish
the victim’s identity, with the help of Mimì Augello, his deputy, and his loyal
and hard working officer, Fazio.
The inspector soon discovers that
there are three other young women in the area with the same tattoo on their
left shoulders but they can’t help him identify the dead woman as they are all
missing.
When his enquiries lead him to
interview a Monsignor, the head of a religious charity, who says they rescued
the girls from sex traffickers, the Inspector suddenly smells a huge rat.
But he is hampered in his work when
he is hauled up before his boss, the Commissioner, who is angry that his
questions have offended the Monsignor.
He is also under time pressure because he has promised to free himself from work to be able to spend some meaningful time with Livia.
It doesn’t help his mood that the
weather is so bad the fishermen can’t go out to sea and day after day there is
no fresh fish on the menu at Enzo’s Trattoria.
But Montalbano has to keep going, to
get justice for the dead girl and to be able to free himself of the case to
concentrate on his relationship with Livia.
He has just unmasked the killer and
is on the way to the airport to meet Livia when someone else involved in the
case is shot in the face.
He has to race against time to tie up
the loose ends so he can hand the case over to the chief of the Flying Squad
but still get the resolution he wants to achieve. There are many twists and
turns and the suspense is maintained until he finally boards a plane to Genoa
in his desperate pursuit of Livia to try to save their relationship.
But when he arrives at Livia’s
apartment in Boccadasse, a village just outside Genoa, Montalbano gets a big
surprise…
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