Bibliograph

Riccardino, Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli

Type

Label

Riccardino, Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Riccardino

Responsibility statement

Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli

Series statement

Inspector Montalbano mysteries, 28

Summary

When Inspector Montalbano receives an early-morning phone call it proves to be the start of a very trying day. For the caller expects Montalbano to arrive imminently at a rendezvous with some friends. But before he can remonstrate, the caller announces himself ass someone called Riccardino and peremptorily issues his instructions. Confused, Montalbano agrees to the rendezvous and hangs up. Later that day news comes in of a brutal slaying in broad daylight by an unknown assassin who makes his getaway on a motorbike. And when the Inspector learns of the victim's identity - a man called Riccardino - his troubles are only just beginning. For soon he must contend with the involvement of a local bishop and a fortune-teller who reports some strange goings-on in her neighbourhood. All roads soon lead to a local salt mine but the case proves stubbornly intractable until Montalbano receives another unexpected call..

Target audience

adult

Classification