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The Patience of the Spider

by Andrea Camilleri · 2004

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The latest mystery in Andrea Camilleri?s internationally bestselling Inspector Montalbano series

Winning fans in Europe and America for their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleri?s crime novels are classics of the genre. Set once again in Sicily, The Patience of the Spiderpits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet: the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in Rounding the Mark, he must overcome self-imposed seclusion and waxing self-doubt to penetrate a web of hatred and secrets in pursuit of the strangest culprit he?s ever hunted. A mystery unlike any other, this emotionally taut story brings the Montalbano saga to a captivating crossroads.

Genre
mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thisnoirnoirMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
Themes
foodfoodMore like thisLess of thispolicepoliceMore like thisLess of thiskidnappingkidnappingMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of thisSicilySicilyMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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