Angelicas Smile Andrea Camilleri by Andrea Camilleri 9780143123767, 0143123769, B00G3L7YR2 instant download after payment.

*“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***

A rash of burglaries has got Salvo Montalbano stumped. The patterns of the crimes are so similar and so brazen that Montalbano begins to think a criminal mastermind is challenging him. This suspicion is confirmed when he starts receiving menacing letters from the gang leader, the anonymous Mr. Z. 

Among those burgled is the young and beautiful Angelica Cosulich, who reminds Montalbano of the love interest in Ludovico Ariosto's chivalric romance, Orlando Furioso. Taken by Angelica's charms, he imagines himself back in the medieval world of jousts and battles. But when one of the burglars turns up dead, Montalbano must snap out of his haze and unmask his challenger.

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''This savagely funny police procedural…prove[s] that sardonic laughter is a sound that translates ever so smoothly into English.'' --New York Times Book Review, praise for the series

''Salvo Montalbano, one of the most engaging protagonists in detective fiction . . . is a delightful creation, an honest man on Sicily's mean streets.'' --USA Today, praise for the author

''Montalbano, who, perhaps, loves his antipasto more than his detective work, looks into a rash of copycat burglaries in the Sicilian coastal village of Vigata . . . Poor lovesick Montalbano tries to keep his mind on the case (but not too hard) in this delightful caper, replete with charming companions and a setting that's a pleasure to return to.'' --Publishers Weekly

''The investigation of a string of burglaries becomes ticklishly complicated when the rumpled investigator finds himself entranced by one of the victims . . . Sublime, with droll dialogue, colorful characters and a sleek pace.'' --Kirkus Reviews

''No one today writes better mysteries than Camilleri and no one's been better served than him by his translator. The distinguishing feature of these stories is their deft blend of old-style detecting, social commentary, and slapstick humor . . . Vigata, Sicily, may not be where you'd choose to live but it's a lot of fun to visit. The author's fans will devour this book.'' --Library Journal

Andrea Camilleri is the internationally bestselling author of the 'Inspector Montalbano' mysteries and several historical novels set in nineteenth-century Sicily. His books have been translated into thirty-two languages. He lives in Rome.

Stephen Sartarelli is an award-winning translator and poet. He lives in France.