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Rounding the Mark is the seventh darkly humorous novel in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series.

Increasingly disillusioned with his government and the world in general, Inspector Montalbano is considering retirement. He is starting to feel his age, and even his favourite restaurant has closed. But when he bumps into a dead body during a bracing swim, his detective instincts are aroused once more. Particularly when the most likely identity of the victim is a man already long buried . . .

Rounding the Mark is followed by the eighth novel in the Sicilian series The Patience of the Spider.

 Crime Thrillers Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Thriller Crime Suspense Witty

Critic reviews

Both farcical and endearing, Montalbano is a cross between Columbo and Chandler's Philip Marlowe, with the added culinary idiosyncrasies of an Italian Maigret
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the narrator is great at bringing the inspector and all the characters to life. very enjoyable.

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Witty, easy to listen to, totally engaging, excellent narration (as always in this series)...a slightly rougher, tougher Montalbano than in other previous books in the series, but loves his food just as much. Excellent... on to the next one now, but to savour them properly they should not be binged... one every three or four weeks is about right. I don’t want to finish the series too quickly!

Marvellous, again!

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I was reading this when I heard of Andreas
Camilleri’s sad death. This is one of my favourite Montalbano book. A really good plot, nice humour and well-written. Hard to put down.

As always, a great read

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Wonderful story.
Captures the atmosphere of southern Italy and especially Sicilian life brilliantly.
Mark Meadows narration is fabulous.
Beautiful escapist whodunnit fiction

Camilleri The Italian Naster Of Mystery

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I have watched and read most Insp M books already but decided to try this audio version, not great in my opinion. Poor narration, augelio and caterella are made to sound like children. Not often I return but this I did as I couldn’t even get past the first chapter. I more relevant sample would help a lot In these older books read by one person.

Poor narration

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