A Nest of Vipers (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries)

Resumen del libro

A Nest of Vipers is the twenty-first novel in Andrea Camilleri's irresistible Inspector Montalbano series. Quite a family, you had to admit! A nest of vipers might be a better description ...On what should be a quiet Sunday morning, Inspector Montalbano is called to a murder scene on the Sicilian coast. A man has discovered his father dead in his Vigatan beach house: his body slumped on the dining room floor, his morning coffee spilt across the table, and a single gunshot wound at the base of his skull. First appearances point to the son having the most to gain from his father's untimely death, a notion his sister can't help but reinforce. But when Montalbano delves deeper into the case, and learns of the dishonourable life the victim led, it soon becomes clear half of Vigata has a motive for his murder and this won't be as simple as the Inspector had once hoped...

Biografía del autor

Andrea Camilleri (1925-2019) fue guionista y director de teatro, radio y televisión, además de uno de los más reconocidos y prolíficos novelistas italianos contemporáneos. Tras haber abarcado numerosos géneros literarios, alcanzó la fama mundial gracias al personaje de Salvo Montalbano, un entrañable comisario de policía siciliano protagonista de una saga que consta de veintiocho novelas y de varios relatos recopilados en cinco volúmenes. Camilleri, traducido a treinta y seis idiomas y con más de treinta millones de ejemplares vendidos en el mundo, ha sido galardonado con los premios Campiello (2011) y Pepe Carvalho (2014).