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'Loredana had left her handbag in the car. He opened it, took out the money that was inside, took the keys out of the ignition and threw them out into the street, far away, and then . . .'
The man was clearly upset.
'And then he kissed her.'

When a gentleman arrives at Montalbano's station to report that his wife was robbed at gunpoint and then kissed by her attacker, the Inspector's suspicions are understandably aroused.

As he delves deeper into the case, Montalbano realizes that none of the witnesses' stories add up. So when a man linked to the case is found dead - his body showing all the signs of a mafia hit - the inspector knows he must excavate the truth from what he is being led to believe . . .

Praise for the Inspector Montalbano series

'Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . simply superb' Sunday Times
'One of fiction's greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe's greatest crime writers . . . utterly gripping' Daily Mirror