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

Daily Mail

«For sunny views, explosive characters and a snappy plot constructed with great farcical ingenuity, the writer you want is Andrea Camilleri»

New York Times

«One of fiction's greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe's greatest crime writes . . . utterly gripping»

Daily Mirror

«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

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

Sunday Times