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"Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end."—New York Times
"Whether you're into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rule of St. Benedict, metaphysics, library design, or The Thing from the Crypt, you'll love it. Who can that miss out?"—Sunday Times (London)
The beloved internationally bestselling historical
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"The new novel in the irresistible New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series. A wave of refugees has arrived on the Sicilian coast, and Inspector Montalbano and his team have been stationed at port, alongside countless volunteers, to receive and assist the newcomers. Meanwhile, Livia has promised their presence at a friend's wedding, and the inspector, agreeing to get a new suit tailored, meets the charming master seamstress Elena...
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"Inspector Montalbano investigates two puzzling cases: Within days of each other two women whose only link is being bank employees are kidnapped, drugged, and then released unharmed hours later. However a third wakes is found naked with thirty shallow knife wounds. In an arson case, a shop is burned down and its owner has vanished into thin air"--
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Penguin Books
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[2020]
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English
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"In the new novel in the transporting New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series, Montalbano finds his answers to a murder in a theatrical play. Mimi Augello is visiting his lover when the woman's husband unexpectedly returns to the apartment; he climbs out the window and into the downstairs apartment, but one danger leads to another. In the dark he sees a body lying on the bed. Shortly after, another body is found, and the victim...
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When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off Sicily's coast, only Inspector Montalbano, with his keen insight into human nature, suspects the link between the two incidents. His investigation leads to the beautiful Karima, an impoverished housecleaner and occasional prostitute, whose young son steals other schoolchildren's midmorning snacks. But
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2018.
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"Italy's favorite detective, Inspector Montalbano, uncovers corruption and mafia ties in the world of construction and public spending when he investigates the murder of a man found dead in the skeletal workings of a construction site, a place now entombed by a sea of mud from recent days of rain and floods"--
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Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 5
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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The Thea sisters go to Paris to visit Colette's fashion designer friend Julie, but Julie's designs are stolen, and the girls must catch the thief.
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Penguin Books
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[2021]
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English
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"The new novel in the transporting New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series. Two deaths, the suicide a newly laid-off worker and an unscrupulous businessman found murdered, leads Inspector Montalbano to inspect the Halcyon, a nearly abandoned mysterious ship with no passengers. CONTINUES TO HOOK NEW READERS: Each book is a welcome invitation for new readers to the ever popular and growing series. IMPRESSIVE SALES TRACK: Five...
10) Game of mirrors
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2015.
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"In Game of Mirrors, Inspector Montalbano and his colleagues are stumped when two bombs explode outside empty warehouses-one of which is connected to a big-time drug dealer. Meanwhile, the alluring Liliana Lombardo is trying to seduce the Inspector over red wine and arancini. Between pesky reporters, amorous trysts, and cocaine kingpins, Montalbano feels as if he's being manipulated on all fronts. That is, until the inspector himself becomes the prime...
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Blackstone Audio, Inc
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[2016]
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English
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From the author of the New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series comes twenty-one short stories spanning the beloved detective's career.Inspector Montalbano has charmed readers in nineteen popular novels. In Montalbano's First Case, and Other Stories, Andrea Camilleri has selected twenty-one short stories, written with his trademark wit and humor, that follow Italy's famous detective through highlight cases of his career. From...
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Inspector Montalbano's latest case begins with a mysterious tête à tête with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and some dying words that lead him to an illegal arms cache in a mountain cave. There the inspector finds two young lovers, dead for fifty years and still embracing, watched over by a life-sized terra-cotta dog. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him on a journey through Sicily's
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Soho Crime
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2020.
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English
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Udine, Italy: A decades-old murder investigation has landed on Superintendent Teresa Battaglia's desk. DNA analysis has revealed that a painting from the final days of World War II contains tissue from a human heart. Teresa is able to trace the evidence to Val Resia, one of Italy's most isolated, untouched regions. When Teresa's investigation hits too close to the truth, a fresh human heart is hung at the valley's entrance, a clear warning. As she...
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 81
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Scholastic Inc
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[2022]
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English
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When you're with Geronimo Stilton, it's always a fabumouse adventure! Everymouse on Mouse Island is squeaking about The Super Cup! My two favorite soccer teams, the Squeakers and the Turbo Cheese, had made it to the finals. But something suspicious was happening on the field. The Mighty Mice and the Sewer Rats seemed to be scoring without even trying! Could I get to the bottom of it before my two favorite teams are cheated out of their trophies?
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Scholastic Inc
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2017.
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English
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My sister, Thea, had discovered an enormouse old castle built by the founder of New Mouse City! She and Trap dragged me along with them to explore it. Inside, we found one hundred keys... but only ninety-nine doors to unlock. What mysterious room did the hundredth key open? It was up to us to find it and reveal its secrets! BONUS! After the story, read an extra Mini Mystery adventure and jokes galore!
16) The cold summer
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The summer of 1992 had been exceptionally cold in southern Italy. But that's not the reason why it is still remembered. On May 23, 1992, a roadside explosion killed the Palermo judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three police officers. A few weeks later judge Paolo Borsellino and five police officers were killed in the center of Palermo. These anti-mafia judges became heroes but the violence spread to the region of Bari in Puglia, where we meet a...
17) Fiesta in Mexico
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Scholastic Inc
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[2022]
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English
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Join Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on an adventure packed with mystery and friendship! The Thea Sisters visit Mexico!
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Commissario Balistreri novels volume 1
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Quercus
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
19) Riccardino
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Penguin Books
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[2021]
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English
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"The long-awaited last novel in the transporting and beloved New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano series"--
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Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 31
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English
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Join Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on an adventure packed with mystery and friendship! The Thea Sisters help their friend Beatrice prepare for the Summer Olympics!
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