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The Cook of the Halcyon
Imprint: Mantle
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...
Details
272 pages
Imprint: Mantle
Reviews
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 todayGuardian
Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superbSunday Times
One of fiction’s greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe’s greatest crime writersDaily Mail