Sartarelli je oceňovaný překladatel, který se specializuje na italskou literaturu. Jeho překlady rozsáhlé série detektivních románů si získaly značnou popularitu v anglicky mluvícím světě. Sartarelliho práce umožňuje čtenářům přístup k napínavým příběhům a jedinečnému stylu, čímž přemosťuje kulturní rozdíly. Jeho literární příspěvek spočívá ve zpřístupňování mezinárodních děl širšímu publiku.
A young Don Juan is found murdered in front of his apartment - and, at the same time, an elderly couple is reported missing after an excursion to the ancient site of Tindari. But as Inspector Montalbano discovers, these two seemingly unrelated cases lead him down a path more evil and far-reaching than he has been down before.
Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer.
When a friend's child suddenly disappears into a narrow shaft hidden under a beach rental, Inspector Salvo Montalbano, in pursuit of the boy, uncovers something terribly sinister, in the latest work in the popular series.
“The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily.” —Donna Leon 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.
Děj detektivní novely Tvar vody je umístěn do fiktivního sicilského města Vigàta. Nemusíme se však bát, že se jedná o mafiánskou historku na způsob Chobotnice, kdy je kromě tématu vyčerpaná snad i jeho parodie. Na bývalém pastvišti za městem, kam se jezdí za prostitutkami nebo drogami, je nalezen v autě mrtvý muž, ve stavu, který neomylně ukazuje na předchozí využití prvně jmenovaného povyražení. Oním mrtvým je významný místní činitel inženýr Luparello, což dává případu mimořádně delikátní rozměr. Vyšetřování se ujímá komisař Montalbano, “správný chlap”, kladný hrdina až do morku kostí, nesnášející byrokratické průtahy, zastánce “nestandardních metod” vyšetřování, vybavený nadpozemskou intuicí, konexemi v podsvětí, smyslem pro humor a v neposlední řadě i charismatem okouzlujícím něžné pohlaví. Jak se dalo očekávat, v průběhu pátrání se odkrývá špinavé podhoubí společenského života místní buržoazie, tutlané rodinné a politické skandály a vůbec zvrhlosti všeho druhu.
' "You are not my first passion, my divine friend, but you shall be my last." 'In this episode from his infamous memoirs, swashbuckling serial seducer Casanova falls for a beautiful nun on the Venetian island of Murano - despite already being involved with another one...One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
An Inspector Montalbano Mystery
Blade of Light is a gripping addition to the phenomenally successful Inspector Montalbano mysteries by Andrea Camilleri. For a brief moment, as Montalbano was looking, a bright blade of light flashed from the loft and shone straight in his eyes. Despite the sunglasses, he instinctively shut his eyes and when he reopened them the light was gone . . . When a gentleman arrives at Montalbano's station to report an armed robbery on his wife that ended with a kiss, the inspector's suspicions are aroused. As he delves deeper into the case, Montalbano finds that none of the witnesses' stories are adding up, and he can't help but feel that they're not meant to. When a body turns up showing all the signs of a mafia hit, the inspector knows he must excavate the truth from what he is being led to believe. Meanwhile there's a case that keeps winding its way back to Montalbano's office. A locked door has suddenly appeared on a farmer's disused shed, and then, just as quickly, the door disappears. The anti-terrorist police soon intervene, but why are they so keen to keep this away from the inspector? And why does he sense that this case is connected to him somehow? With deceit at every turn and a distraction of the heart taking over his head, Inspector Montalbano must focus if he is ever going to solve this mystery.
