Bibliograph

A nest of vipers, Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli

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Label

A nest of vipers, Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A nest of vipers

Responsibility statement

Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli

Series statement

Inspector Montalbano mystery, 21

Summary

"Inspector Montalbano enjoys simple pleasures: delicious food, walks along the water, the occasional smoke--yet these are just the backdrop to his duties as a detective. His latest case is the killing of the wealthy Cosimo Barletta. Thought to be a widower living out a quiet life by the sea, Cosimo's sudden death, by gunshot to the neck, opens up his past to scrutiny. What Montalbano uncovers is Cosimo's trove of salacious photographs, used to extort young women, and a history full of greed and corruption. Montalbano, though resolved to find the killer, muses on where justice lies--in his pursuit of a suspect or with one of Cosimo's innumerable victims getting the revenge they deserved?"--

Target audience

general

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