Record Number |
809799 |
ISBN |
9781529001822 (paperback) |
Author |
Camilleri, Andrea author. |
Title |
The other end of the line / Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Mantle, 2019. |
©2019 |
Pagination etc. |
296 pages ; 24 cm. |
Series |
24 Inspector Montalbano mystery ; |
Contents note |
First published as L'altro capo del filo, in 2016 by Sellerio Editore, Palermo. |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary Note |
In Inspector Montalbano's coastal town of Vigata, a surge of migrants have been coming in by boat, and all the town's hands are on deck to help the arrivals. At the heart of the scene are the police - on the lookout for the people smugglers responsible - and long night-shifts are rendering Inspector Montalbano and his officers exhausted. Then one night, while Montalbano is enduring yet another gruelling stint at the port, a separate crime is committed - unexplained, unexpected, and unpleasant. Elena, the dressmaker at the town's famous tailors, has been found dead - slaughtered by her own scissors... As a swell of desperate people arrive in search of a better life, Inspector Montalbano finds himself trying to unravel the mystery of who murdered the dressmaker. But as he makes his enquiries, the Inspector can't help but wonder: what will happen if he keeps tugging on this thread? And what will he find at the end of the line? |
Language note |
Translated from the Italian. |
Subject - Name |
Montalbano, Salvo(Fictitious character)Fiction |
Subject |
Immigrants -- Political refugees -- Fiction |
Boat people -- Syria -- Italy -- Fiction |
Police -- Italy -- Sicily -- Fiction |
Immigrants -- Fiction |
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction |
Women dressmakers -- Fiction |
Detective and mystery fiction. |
Added Author |
Sartarelli, Stephen, 1954- translator. |
Shelf Location |
F CAMI |