The cook of the Halcyon / Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli.
Language: English Original language: Italian Series: Inspector Montalbano. 27 | Camilleri, Andrea. Inspector Montalbano mystery ; 27.Publication details: London : Mantle, 2021.Description: 263 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781529053364
- 1529053366
- Montalbano, Salvo, (Fictitious character)
- Montalbano, Salvo, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Police
- Criminal investigation
- Ships
- Shipyards -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Crime fiction
- Criminal investigation -- Fiction
- Ships -- Fiction
- Police -- Italy -- Sicily -- Fiction
- Italy -- Sicily
- Italy -- Fiction
- 853.914 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Crime | CAM | Montalbano Bk.27 | Available | 063459 |
Originally published in Italian as Il cuoco dell'Alcyon. Copyright © Sellerio Editore 2019.
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 Vigata'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 straightaway. And whilst all this is going on, a rare trip to Genoa to visit Livia ends with the Vigata 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.
Translated from the Italian.
