World-weary Sicilian cop Montalbano deals with a spate of crimes as a long-time relationship falters in Andrea Camilleri's A Beam of Light.
Camilleri has written a long-running series of police procedurals that have been popular in Italy and world-wide, and I grab one whenever I find one (this one I landed for a shiny quarter at a library book sale). They are in general broadly comic, with gritty crimes (though this one sports an especially melancholy ending).
Here there are arms smugglers, art thieves, and other general criminal types, all framed by a prophetic dream Montalbano has at the outset of a trying week.
Camilleri's novels are solid mysteries with an international flavor. I read this in a few nights while, ironically, in Italy.
Camilleri has written a long-running series of police procedurals that have been popular in Italy and world-wide, and I grab one whenever I find one (this one I landed for a shiny quarter at a library book sale). They are in general broadly comic, with gritty crimes (though this one sports an especially melancholy ending).
Here there are arms smugglers, art thieves, and other general criminal types, all framed by a prophetic dream Montalbano has at the outset of a trying week.
Camilleri's novels are solid mysteries with an international flavor. I read this in a few nights while, ironically, in Italy.
