![]() ![]() The Shape of Water, the first book of the series, introduces Inspector Salvo Montalbano. In fact I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Camilleri was a fan of the show. The slashes act a lot like the famous gong on Law & Order. Two pages later we are with him re-examining the crime scene. One moment Montalbano is scouring the newspaper for information, the next he’s on the phone. The author keeps the action moving and the reader’s interest by cutting from scene to scene with the use of dark slashes (similar to the ones on the cover). The Shape of Water is a skillfully written, fast-paced police procedural. ![]() But as experience and the Twilight series have taught us – success does not always equal quality.įortunately for Camilleri, and for us, here the two go hand-in-hand. All in all, it looks to have been hugely successful. There was an Italian TV series that ran for 1999 to 2008. ![]() Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano series consists of nineteen novels and four short story collections – fourteen of which have been translated into English. ![]()
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