Rounding the Mark. An Inspector Montalbano Mystery(神秘巡航员)

Book Description
He began swimming in slow, broad strokes. The sea smelled harsh, stinging his nostrills like champagne, and he nearly got drunk on it...In a fraction of a second, Montalbano realized he'd struck a human foot. Somebody else was floating right beside him, and he hadn't noticed.

"Excuse me," he said hastly, flipping back onto his belly and looking over at the other.

The person beside him didn't answer, because he wasn't doing the dead man's float. He was actually dead. And, to judge from the way he looked, he'd been so far quite a while.

Inspector Salvo Montalbano is considering retirement. Everything - the government, the world - seems to be going to the dogs. Even his favorite restaurant has closed.

But when he bumps into a dead body during a bracing swim, his detective instincts are aroused once more. Particularly when the most likely identity of the victim is a man already long buried....

Book Dimension
length: (cm)17.6 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)11.1

Book Description
He began swimming in slow, broad strokes. The sea smelled harsh, stinging his nostrills like champagne, and he nearly got drunk on it...In a fraction of a second, Montalbano realized he'd struck a human foot. Somebody else was floating right beside him, and he hadn't noticed.

"Excuse me," he said hastly, flipping back onto his belly and looking over at the other.

The person beside him didn't answer, because he wasn't doing the dead man's float. He was actually dead. And, to judge from the way he looked, he'd been so far quite a while.

Inspector Salvo Montalbano is considering retirement. Everything - the government, the world - seems to be going to the dogs. Even his favorite restaurant has closed.

But when he bumps into a dead body during a bracing swim, his detective instincts are aroused once more. Particularly when the most likely identity of the victim is a man already long buried....

Book Dimension
length: (cm)17.6 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)11.1

Andrea Camilleri is one of Italy's most famous contemporary writers. His Montalbano series has been adapted for Italian television and translated into nine languages. He lives in Rome.

Stephen Sartarelli is an award-winning translator. He is also the author of three books of poetry, most recently The Open Vault. He lives in France.