Author: andreacamilleri
Featuring the first three novels of a New York Times bestselling series, this mystery collection introduces Sicilian inspector Salvo Montalbano — “one of the most engaging protagonists in detective fiction” (USA Today). A must-read for fans of Donna Leon!
A “savagely funny police procedural” (The New York Times Book Review) and first in a New York Times bestselling series! Inspector Montalbano navigates corruption and pressure from all sides while searching for the truth behind a dead body found in a Sicilian town.
From New York Timesbestselling author Andrea Camilleri comes a brilliant, bawdy comedy that willsurprise even the most die-hard Montalbano fans. In 1880s Vigàta, a stranger comes to town to open apharmacy. Fofò turns out to be the son of a man made legendary for having amagic garden stocked with plants, fruits, and vegetables that could cure anyailment—a man who was found murdered years ago. Fofò escaped but has nowreappeared looking to make his fortune and soon finds himself mixed up in thedealings of a philandering local marchese set on producing an heir. An absurd, quirky murder mystery that recalls the…