Mon, Mar 14, 2011
When a body is found cut into pieces and wrapped in a plastic bag, all signs point to an old-fashioned Mafia-style execution. Why is Detective Montalbano's trusted colleague Mimi Augello suddenly behaving erratically, and insisting on handling the case alone? Could Mimi somehow be involved in the murder? An old friendship is tested as Montalbano tries to help Mimi out of a dangerous situation.
Mon, Mar 21, 2011
Fazio is missing and everything points to a fatal outcome. Salvo shows his deep caring for his team and is devastated; yet pursues relentlessly to find out what happened and who is behind. After we learn about deeper implications of powerful players. Montalbano at his best perceiving what's behind the scenes and unexpected situations. Finally Salvo plays it masterly with his superiors forcing a tight conclusion and the scene where he physically expresses his satisfaction must be an all time classic.
Mon, Mar 13, 2006
Find the Lady - The death of the elderly Cascio has been written off as an accident. It seems Montalbano's deputy was more concerned with staking out the attractive wife of a criminal on the run, so Salvo investigates himself when a friend of Cascio's provides some suspicious details. Might the release of Pennisi, Cascio's one-time employer, from prison be connected? And was Pennisi really guilty of murdering his lover's husband?
Mon, Oct 28, 2002
Salvo is called to the scene of a dead blind man and finds himself taking responsibility for his guide dog. Once the investigation determines that the man was murdered, a course of events lead Salvo to deceive 'Livia into taking a "working" vacation weekend to visit the man's sister and finding that they are in debt with the loan sharks. It is later determined that the murdered man left his substantial savings to his sister - but where did the money come from?