«Reading it feels like taking a restful and invigorating holiday, in the company of an infallibly amusing author who is also sufficiently wise . . . Reflecting now on the pleasure Camilleri’s body of work has given me, I’m moved to break a reviewing convention and offer to his shade a sentiment that even the most delighted critics never express: thank you»

The Daily Telegraph

«The concluding instalment in the late Italian writer's beloved Inspector Montalbano series is a chance to savour the sardonic Sicilian's company, the vivid landscape of his region and Camilleri's distinctive voice as he unravels his final mystery»

The i

«Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superb»

Sunday Times

«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 today»

Guardian

«One of fiction's greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe's greatest crime writers»

Daily Mail

«With Riccardino, Montalbano signs off in glorious style»

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