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Overview
Inspector Montalbano must unravel the mystery of a dead body discovered in a sewage tunnel in the twenty-second novel of Andrea Camilleri's critically acclaimed series.Synopsis
The Pyramid of Mud is the twenty-second Montalbano mystery from Italy's finest crime writer, Andrea Camilleri. It's been raining for days in Vigà ta, and the persistent downpours have led to violent floods overwhelming the Inspector's beloved hometown, sweeping across the land and leaving only a sea of mud behind. It is on one of these endless grey days that a man - a Mr Giuglù Nicotra - is found dead, his body discovered in a large sewage tunnel, half naked and with a bullet in his back. The investigation is slow and slippery to start with, but when Montalbano realizes that every clue he uncovers and every person he interviews is leading to the same place - the world of public spending and, with it, the Mafia - the case begins to pick up pace. But there's one question that keeps playing on Montalbano's mind: in his strange and untimely death, was Giuglù Nicotra trying to tell him something? The Pyramid of Mud is followed by the twenty-third gripping Montalbano mystery, The Overnight Kidnapper.Book Details
Published
October 14, 2021
Publisher
Picador
Pages
304
ISBN
9781529047844