"The Age of Doubt", by Andrea Camilleri

Inspector Montalbano book # 14th

I was really captured by this story even if I hadn’t followed closely this series. I had no trouble to get caught in the going on at this point and enjoyed every bit of it. So I guess, it is safe to say you could nevertheless enjoy this installment while Montalbano goes about his tasks solving foul play.

In this one, Inspector Montalbano encounters a woman that is interested in a certain yacht scheduled to dock that afternoon. Beside this luxury vessel is anchored another yacht with a somewhat shady crew. When, the crew reports finding a disfigured corpse Montalbano investigates and thinks that the crew knows way more than they are letting know. Then the story will grab you and won’t let go.

I enjoyed passing time with this story even if I didn’t know most of the characters I slowly got to know them through this mystery while they went about their tasks. There are a number of incredibly funny scenes as well as very serious ones. The pacing very well done: slow and steady. In a warm narration, we are taken to the shoreline of a quaint village of Vigata, a lovely little corner of Sicily that comes to life with all the sights, smells and tastes. Mr. Camilleri knows how to pen not only a poignant story but a very captivating tale.

Not a bad read at all