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Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories

By: Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli - translator
Narrated by: Mark Meadows
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Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories is a brilliant collection of short stories, personally chosen by Andrea Camilleri.

It follows Inspector Montalbano from his very first case in Vigàta, in which he stumbles upon a young girl lurking outside a courthouse with a pistol in her handbag. When she is taken in for questioning and won't utter a single word, Montalbano must find another way to learn who she is trying to kill, and why . . .

Other cases include a missing woman who has run away from the love of her life; an old married couple who appear to be rehearsing their suicides; and a crime so dark there's only one person the inspector can call for help.

With twists and turns aplenty, these short stories have all the wit, mystery and culinary gusto that Camilleri's fans have come to love him for.

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Critic reviews

Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today
One of fiction's greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe's greatest crime writes . . . utterly gripping
Wonderful Italian detective stories
For sunny views, explosive characters and a snappy plot constructed with great farcical ingenuity, the writer you want is Andrea Camilleri
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Enjoyed this book as always .i think that others will find it an entertaing read.

A good read

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I had read most of these stories some time ago, but enjoyed them again and very much appreciated the narrator's handling of the different characters.

An excellent collection!

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Mark Meadows’ narration is very good. I completely disagree with the previous comment about the use of English voices to portray Sicilian characters: for me, this worked superbly well. The stories are marvellous. Camilieri writes about life.

Great art

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I am hooked. I have just listened to this entire book. The narration is outstanding!

I love the Montalbano stories!

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Mark Meadows is an excellent narrator but who told him to use cockney accents for all the characters?

Very good apart from the cockney accents

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