The Patience of the Spider
An Inspector Montalbano Mystery

Winning fans in Europe and America for their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleris crime novels are classics of the genre. Set once again in Sicily, The Patience of the Spider pits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet: the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in Rounding the Mark, he must overcome selfimposed seclusion and waxing selfdoubt to penetrate a web of hatred and secrets in pursuit of the strangest culprit hes ever hunted. A mystery unlike any other, this emotionally taut story brings the Montalbano saga to a captivating crossroads.