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The Cook of the Halcyon
Inspector Montalbano mysteries (Related to this series)
- Author
- Andrea Camilleri
- Narrator
- Mark Meadows
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 1 April 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: police procedural, Comical (humorous) crime and mystery, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: sense of place
- Rating
- 2.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
The Cook of the Halcyon is the twenty-seventh Inspector Montalbano mystery from the master of Sicilian crime, Andrea Camilleri.
Moments later the all-white schooner, which looked like a hospital ship, began to pass ever so slowly before him, as if wanting to show itself off in all its beauty. The name on the prow said: Halcyon.
Two deaths - the suicide of a recently fired worker and the murder of an unscrupulous businessman - lead Inspector Montalbano to the Halcyon, a mysterious ship that visits Vigàta's port each day. With very few crewmen, no passengers, and a stern large enough to land a helicopter, it piques the Inspector's interest straight away.
And whilst all this is going on, a rare trip to Genoa to visit Livia ends with the Vigàta police department in disarray, and Inspector Montalbano's position as the head of the commisariat in jeopardy. It will be up to Montalbano to fix the damage done.
Critics Review
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Montalbano’s colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction today
Guardian
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Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superb
Sunday Times
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One of fiction’s greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe’s greatest crime writers
Daily Mail
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Narration 4.0
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Details
- Author
- Andrea Camilleri
- Narrator
- Mark Meadows
- Duration
- 6 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529053395
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: police procedural, Comical (humorous) crime and mystery, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: sense of place
- Rating
- 2.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 4.0(1 review)
Synopsis
The Cook of the Halcyon is the twenty-seventh Inspector Montalbano mystery from the master of Sicilian crime, Andrea Camilleri.Moments later the all-white schooner, which looked like a hospital ship, began to pass ever so slowly before him, as if wanting to show itself off in all its beauty. The name on the prow said: Halcyon.Two deaths - the suicide of a recently fired worker and the murder of an unscrupulous businessman - lead Inspector Montalbano to the Halcyon, a mysterious ship that visits Vigàta's port each day. With very few crewmen, no passengers, and a stern large enough to land a helicopter, it piques the Inspector's interest straight away. And whilst all this is going on, a rare trip to Genoa to visit Livia ends with the Vigàta police department in disarray, and Inspector Montalbano's position as the head of the commisariat in jeopardy. It will be up to Montalbano to fix the damage done.
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