The Voice Of The Violin

The Treasure Hunt is the sixteenth gripping novel in Andrea Camilleris bestselling Inspector Montalbano series. Montalbano opened the door to step out. But Gallo held him back putting one hand on his arm. Whats in there Chief If its what I think its something so horrific that itll haunt your dreams for the rest of your life . . . When a crazed elderly man and his sister begin firing bullets from their balcony down onto the Vigàta street below Inspector Montalbano finds himself a reluctant television hero. A few days later when a letter arrives containing a mysterious riddle the Inspector becomes drawn into a perplexing treasure hunt set by an anonymous challenger. As the hunt intensifies Montalbano is relieved to be offered the assistance of Arturo Pennisi a young man eager to witness the detectives investigative skills first hand. Fending off meddling commissioners and his irate girlfriend Livia the inspector will follow the treasure hunts clues and travel from Vigàtas teeming streets to its deserted outskirts where an abandoned house overlooks a seemingly bottomless lake. But when a horrifying crime is committed the game must surely be laid aside. And it isnt long before Montalbano himself will be in terrible danger . . . The Treasure Hunt is followed by the seventeenth Inspector Montalbano title Angelicas Smile. PRAISE FOR THE SERIES A magnificent series of novels Sunday Times Theres a deliciously playful quality to the mysteries Andrea Camilleri writes about a lusty Sicilian police detective named Salvo Montalbano. New York Times Book Review Camilleri as crafty and charming a writer as his protagonist is an investigator. The Washington Post The books are full of sharp precise characterizations and with subplots that make Montalbano endearingly human ... Like the antipasti that Montalbano contentedly consumes the stories are light and easily consumed leaving one eager for the next course. New York Journal of Books