from thornton37814

This is probably not the most complex Montalbano mystery as most readers will figure out "whodunit" quite early. However, the reader is left wondering "why" until near the end when Montalbano finally solves the case. It's slow on the crime beat in Vigata. Montalbano is called to a scene where an ...

from lit_chick

2013, Blackstone Audiobooks, Read by Grover Gardner Publisher's Summary: from Audible.com Inspector Montalbano is hailed as a hero after news cameras film him scaling a building, gun in hand, to capture a pair of unlikely snipers. Shortly thereafter the inspector begins to receive cryptic message...

from readafew

Never having heard of this author before, and needing a book to listen to while driving back from Tennessee, this one sparked our interest. The style seemed to shift from the start to the end. The first part, while serious, felt more lighthearted and and at the end it got very serious and gruesom...

from lkernagh

I love the fact that this story included cryptic messages for Montalbano to unravel via the "Treasure Hunt". Interestingly, I managed to guess the 'culprit' very early on - which is rare for me! - so I sat back and watched how Camilleri worked through the mystery. An item from the crime scene of ...

from fredbacon

Holy Crap! Camilleri can be a sly bugger. Treasure Hunt begins with a deranged elderly brother and sister opening fire on the people of Vigata from their apartment window. As creepy and unnerving as the opening may be, the book then settles into a lazy stroll of a story as nothing much of import...