Voice of the Violin (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: Andrea Camilleri
Creator: Stephen Sartarelli
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Pages: 256
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ISBN: 0142004456
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780142004456
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Publication Date: June 29, 2004
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Inspector Montalbano, praised as a delightful creation (USA Today), has been compared to the legendary detectives of Georges Simenon, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Chandler. As the fourth mystery in the internationally bestselling series opens, Montalbanos gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer. Among the suspects are her aging husband, a famous doctor; a shy admirer, now disappeared; an antiques-dealing lover from Bologna; and the victims friend Anna, whose charms Montalbano cannot help but appreciate. But it is a mysterious, reclusive violinist who holds the key to the murder.
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 At last - another Montalbano June 12, 2008
These Camillieri mysteries are a refreshing break from more serious stuff. At least,any book involving murder and mayhem, that can also make me laugh, I don't hesitate to recommend.I have enjoyed all of this series. Montalbano's somewhat inept 'staff', a view of Sicilian corrup-tion, and the setting in other than a city locale helps add to my education !
 Another un-police like police novel October 16, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
In The Snack Thief (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries), Andrea Camilleri threw his protagonist into a mind set and cricumstances that Montalbano would never have voluntarily accepted. But the circumstances of the previous book wreaked havoc with his emotions and his life. In this novel, life more or less gets jerked back into place.
The beauty of this book, as with the entire series is HOW the circumstances jerked it back into place. All is not what it appears, that is the mantra of most mystery novels, none more so than the Inspector Montalbano series. Because Camilleri is juggling many balls at once. he is making social and political comementaries on the state of Italian and Sicilian politics and cultrue, he is talking about food, and the proper appreciation of food. he is also making judgement calls on relationships between people, whether it is between men and women or everyday dealings, he has a lot to say. But this isn't a series about third person reveries on the esoteric subject of human relations, the protagonist is not sitting on some exalted throne, making sniggly and cowardly observations. The protagonist is in the middle of the fight between right and wrong while also living in a world suffused with grey moral tonalities. It is, as I had said before, extremely Italian, where justification is often demanded but the circumstances will always diffuse the response into meanginglessness.
Sicily, here I come! September 30, 2007
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Fourth in the Salvo Montalbano Italian police procedural series in which Salvo discovers the body of a beautiful young woman in her home when he stops to find out why the home's owner has not responded to a note he left when one of their police cars collides with her car that was parked in front of the home. As usual, the politics of the department and the country take the investigation over and Salvo must do his sleuthing on the sly after being taken off the case by the new commissioner. The gruff and grumpy Montalbano shows his vulnerable side too, briefly. A quick, enjoyable visit to Sicily where the author puts you right in the heart of the place, evoking smells, tastes and views that leave little to the imagination. Don't read this book (or any in the series) while hungry; the author's descriptions of the food will leave you drooling all over the book! Great series!
The Fourth Montalbano Mystery by Andrea Camilleri - La Voce Del Violino - The Voice of the Violin. March 3, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Braking and entering was the least of Inspector Montalbano worries the discovery was much more gruesome. A young female completely naked, at touch she was cold and stiff, half kneeling, belly resting against the edge of the bed her face remained buried in the sheets which had also been torn at by her sharp fingernails. This woman had not given up without a fight; there was no doubt in Montalbano mind this was murder by suffocation.
Montalbano was on the case to hunt for the killer, the victim had been a beautiful blonde and from her address book extremely active, this meant an array of suspects to filter through. Everybody was under suspicion an antiques dealing lover from Bologna, a shy admirer who had suddenly disappeared, the women's best friend Anna who's charms Montalbano could not help but enjoy. But what about the victims Husband a Famous Doctor, he was acting towards his own wife's death emotionally unattached, why? Montalbano is introduced by a friend to a reclusive skilled violinist who only performs his wonderful concertos in odd hours. Was something about this Maestro the key to the bigger picture?
Andrea Camilleri has done another wonderful job of bringing to life the Sicilian detective Inspector Salvo Montalbano. What I love about this series would be the charactizations and language the usage of dialogue in conversation it's all been kept real it's got sharp wit and comedy which I find really amusing, the sly comments on Italian life and culture make for an interesting comical read. There are some fresh characters in this book which keeps Montalbano on his toes and the tempo paced and exciting. Once again beautifully and descriptivly portrayed in the fictational town of Vigata. Montalbano himself is a great character, he thinks about fine literature in moments of doubt, has an eye for a beautiful women and loves to indulge his taste buds into the delicious aromatic seafood pasta dishes.
I have read this whole series as far as they have been translated, I believe this whole series deserves to be read from the beginning, but if you do not wish to do that, then I would advise you read - Il ladro di Merendine - The Snack Thief before this book, only because it makes references to a pervious plot line that might make this one more amusing.
This book shows Montalbano as a shrewd tactician, with a mix of humour, cynicism and compassion; of course blended with his attractiveness "get to the point attitude".
As always a special mention to poet Stephen Sartarelli, for the clear translation of each book and for the informative notes given at the back on wording. Thank you.
A.Bowhill
Camilleri author February 14, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Camilleri, as usual, immerses the reader in an engrossing mystery story with engaging Sicilian atmosphere and quite appetizing local cuisine descriptions. Even for one who has never been to Sicily -- or perhaps especially for that person. Even for this professional violist/violinist...
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