Blade of Light (Inspector Montalbano 19)

Author/Guide: Andrea Camilleri

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: The case of the locked door and a robbery that ends in a kiss…

ISBN: 978-1447264514
Translator: Stephen Sartarelli
Genre: Cosy crime, Mystery

Comment

What you need to know before your trail

A man enters Montalbano’s police station to report an armed robbery on his wife. It sounds very alarming but then the man says that it ended with a kiss sp Montalbano is left a bit more confused that he was before. Something is very strange with this story.

As he delves deeper into the case, Montalbano finds that it’s even more confusing than he first thought. None of the witnesses’ stories are adding up. Then a body turns up showing all the signs of a mafia hit. This case definitely has the hall markings of something very weird indeed.

Talking about weird – there’s a case that keeps winding its way back to Montalbano’s office. The case of a locked door has suddenly appeared on a farmer’s disused shed, and then, just as quickly, the door disappears.

This could well be the Inspector’s most curious and complex case yet.

Locations

Reset

Travel Guide

Vigata

Vigata may be fictional but it is said to be inspired by Porto Empedocle where the author’s childhood home was. Inspector Montalbano

Sicily and its humour

Says the police to the farmer whose field a coffin has been found in:

“Do you have any idea why anyone might want to leave a coffin in your field?”

“If I had any ideas like that, I’d start writing novels”

Sicily and the Montalbano tours

As with the other Montalbano novels, the author states – ‘As is obvious, the names of …. streets, hotels etc are entirely fictitious and make no reference to reality’. What a shame.

Sicily – its food and weather

The gourmand parts are always mouthwatering and are as charming and unique as the landscape and characters. “In this novel too the weather affects everything even the man himself – “The more the years passed, the more sensitive he became to variations in the weather”