Description
| Product ID: | 9781529043914 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Inspector Montalbano mysteries |
| Title: | The Treasure Hunt |
| Authors: | Author: Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense fiction, Fiction in translation, Thriller / suspense, Fiction in translation, Sicily |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The irresistible Inspector Montalbano returns for his sixteenth mystery. <p><b><i>The Treasure Hunt</i> is the sixteenth gripping novel in Andrea Camilleri's darkly humorous Inspector Montalbano series<i>.</i></b><br><br>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.<br><br>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 detective's investigative skills first hand.<br><br>Fending off meddling commissioners and his irate girlfriend, Livia, the inspector will follow the treasure hunt's clues and travel from Vigàta's 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 isn't long before Montalbano himself will be in terrible danger . . .<br><br>'Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superb' - <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br><i>The Treasure Hunt </i>is followed by the seventeenth Inspector Montalbano title,<i> Angelica's Smile.</i></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-07-08 |
