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August Heat

An Inspector Montalbano Mystery

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August Heat

Written by: Stephen Sartarelli - translator, Andrea Camilleri
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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When a colleague extends his summer vacation, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is forced to stay in Vigàta and endure the August heat. Montalbano’s long-suffering girlfriend, Livia, joins him with a friend - husband and young son in tow - to keep her company during these dog days of summer. But when the boy suddenly disappears into a narrow shaft hidden under the family’s beach rental, Montalbano uncovers something terribly sinister.

As the inspector spends the summer trying to solve this perplexing case, Livia refuses to answer his calls - and Montalbano is left to take a plunge that will affect the rest of his life.

Fans of the Sicilian inspector as well as listeners new to this increasingly popular series will enjoy following the melancholy but unflinchingly moral Montalbano as he undertakes one of the most shocking investigations of his career.

©2006 Andrea Camilleri; Translation 2009 by Stephen Sartarelli (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Crime Fiction Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime
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What the critics say

“The joys of August Heat arise less from the central plot than from its margins: Montalbano’s never-flagging fondness for food, his ruminations on aging, and his commentaries on Italian society.” ( The Washington Post)
“Camilleri’s tenth mystery to feature [Inspector] Montalbano (after 2008’s Paper Moon) cleverly balances a compelling story line with engaging characters.” ( Publishers Weekly)
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TRULY ONE OF MY FABOURITES. SALVO AT HIS MOST HUMAN. A love story, a mystery, two murders, the frailty of our humanity all wrapped in a Sicilian vacation.

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