The Paper Moon

Inspector Montalbano returns for another delicious mystery.

<p><b><i>Paper Moon </i>is the thrilling ninth instalment in the warm and witty Inspector Montalbano series, by Italian author Andrea Camilleri.</b><br><br>As he gets older, Inspector Montalbano is plagued by existential questions. But he doesn't have much time to wax philosophical before the gruesome murder of a man – shot in the face at point-blank range with his pants down – commands his attention.<br><br>Add two evasive, beautiful women as prime suspects, dirty cocaine, dead politicians, mysterious computer codes, and a series of threatening letters, and things soon get very complicated at the police headquarters in Vigàta . . .<br><br><b><i>Paper Moon</i> is followed by the tenth book in the Sicilian crime series, <i>August Heat</i>.<br><br>'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' – <i>Guardian</i></b></p>