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The Patience of the Spider

By: Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli - translator
Narrated by: Mark Meadows
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The Patience of the Spider is the eighth novel in Andrea Camilleri's wryly humorous Inspector Montalbano series.

'A brother,' he said.

Jesus Christ! Now where'd this brother come from? Whose brother? Montalbano had known from the start that between all the brothers, uncles, in-laws, nephews and nieces, this case was going to drive him crazy.

Chief Inspector Montalbano is on enforced sick leave. But when a local girl goes mysteriously missing, the whole community takes an interest in the case. Why are the kidnappers so sure that the girl's impoverished father and dying mother will be able to find a fortune? The ever-inquisitive Montalbano steps in, to get to the heart of the matter in his own inimitable style.

The Patience of the Spider is followed by the ninth novel in the series, Paper Moon.

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Wonderful Italian detective stories.
A magnificent series of novels.
All stars
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I love that the author uses such a natural Sicilian atmosphere for these involved novels!

Very absorbing.

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The food descriptions. I am fat from aural digestion and I don't get to swim in the sea.

great stories

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I love the humanity of Montalbano; he has a great combination of still thinking he’s young enough to climb metaphorical mountains before inevitably succumbing to reality. His intuition and process are terrific. And the supporting characters continue to enliven the stories.

Love the Montalbano series

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