AUGUST HEAT: Andrea Camilleri: The irrepressible Inspector Montalbano is back to solve his tenth mystery in ‘August Heat’.
The lazy, slow month of August at the height of the Sicilian summer is - Moltalbano assures his girlfriend Livia as they prepare for a relaxing holiday in a villa he has found for them - far too hot for any murders to be committed.
But when Livia’s friends’ young son goes missing, a chain of events is sparked which will certainly ruin the Chief Inspector’s pleasant interlude.
A secret apartment and a grisly find in an old trunk are just the beginning. Montalbano navigates his way through the case as well as coping with the sweltering heat, the suspicious death of an Arab labourer and the tempting lure of a beautiful girl!
Andrea Camilleri is one of Italy’s most famous contemporary writers and his Montalbano series has been adapted for Italia television and translated into nine languages. . This witty labyrinth of corruption and false clues has been translated by award winning translator Stephen Sartarelli.
Published by Picador, June 12, £12.99 (hardback).
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