Overview
El otoño ha regresado a Vigàta con algunas sorpresas. Mientras Mimì Augello, el brazo derecho del comisario Montalbano, ha tirado la toalla y está a punto de casarse, don Salvo aguanta la enésima reprimenda de Livia por haber estropeado el suéter que le regaló. Pero, como la vida hay que vivirla, Montalbano ya está de nuevo husmeando en un caso extraño, tan anómalo como que el cadáver aún no ha aparecido. La curiosidad irrefrenable del comisario y su innato sentido de la sospecha lo inducen a investigar la desaparición de un financiero y su ayudante, que han desvalijado a medio pueblo y alrededores. La incógnita podría explicarse como una vulgar fuga con el botín sustraído a las numerosas almas crédulas de la euforia de la bolsa, pero otra bastante más atroz parece imponerse.
En cualquier caso, a estos enigmas se aboca Montalbano con esa falta de prejuicios y esa lógica tan particular que tanta admiración despierta. En la medida en que su habilidad y su afán de justicia le permitan llegar hasta la verdad, podrá entonces decirse «que el olor de la noche había cambiado: era un perfume fresco y ligero, un perfume de hierba tierna, de verbena y albahaca».
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
“You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven’t read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood — altogether transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano.” A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
Half the retirees in Vigáta have invested their savings with a financial wizard who has disappeared, along with their money. As Montalbano investigates this labyrinthine financial scam, he finds himself at a serious disadvantage: a hostile superior has shut him out of the case, he’s on the outs with his lover Livia, and his cherished Sicily is turning so ruthless and vulgar that Montalbano wonders if any part of it is worth saving. Drenched with atmosphere, crackling with wit, The Smell of the Night is Camilleri at his most addictive.
This book title, El olor de la noche / The Smell of the Night, ISBN: 9788498389593, by Andrea Camilleri, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (October 31, 2019) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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