Angelica's Smile (2010)

by Andrea Camilleri

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Series: Commissario Montalbano (17)

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The seventeenth installment of the beloved New York Times bestselling series that boasts more than 600,000 books in print. The last four books in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series have leapfrogged their way up the New York Times bestseller list, perfectly positioning Angelica's Smile to ascent to even greater heights. A rash of burglaries has got Inspector Salvo Montalbano stumped. The criminals are so brazen that their leader, the anonymous Mr. Z, starts sending the Sicilian inspector menacing letters. Among those burgled is the young and beautiful Angelica Cosulich, who reminds the inspector of the love-interest in Ludovico Ariosto's chivalric romance, Orlando Furioso. Besotted by Angelica's charms, Montalbano imagines himself back in the medieval world of jousts and battles. But when one of the burglars turns up dead, Montalbano must snap out of his fantasy and unmask his challenger.… (more)

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I listened to the Grover Gardner audiobook, while periodically glancing at the Kindle edition's notes. Gardner is a marvellous narrator so I would give the audiobook edition a boost to 4*.

This entry in the series had a bit less about Montalbano's food (which was a shame as I love that part). He is struggling with aging & as he is about my age I can sympathize with that. However, I thought that the mystery part was not one of Camilleri's better efforts. Not bad but not as engrossing or puzzling as in some of the previous books. (

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leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |

We have so much fun listening to this Montalbano series. Grover Gardner is an excellent narrator. This is a good mystery with lots of laughs. We love seeing favorite characters again. We are ready anytime for the cookbook. The food description is always so delicious. (

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njcur | Apr 20, 2023 |

Montalbano is like a kid in a candy store when surrounded by beautiful women and the title makes it obvious that he has fallen in love again. Livia makes her regal appearance in this episode, although for the life of me I can't think of why either of them keep up this long distance relationship. There has been a rash of burglaries at seaside cottages where, among items stolen, keys to the main residence are taken too, allowing a second robbery. Camilleri's plots are a bonus, the fabulous characters alone can carry the book - to say nothing of the food. (

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VivienneR | Oct 9, 2022 |

The 17th novel featuring Chief Inspector Salvo Montalbano is a disappointment on two levels: first, it is about a series of clever robberies, where vacationing Vigatan's are knocked out by gas and their primary homes robbed, but not a murder; and second, Salvo is again falling in love with a much younger woman, this time a robbery victim, the extremely beautiful, blonde Angelica Cosulich. I hope #18 is better. (

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skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |

Montalbano doesn't usually get involved with burglaries, but these are unusual. People are robbed at their seaside cottages. The thieves make off with not only jewels, art, etc, but they also take the house keys of the peoples home in town and their car. Then they rob the town house as well. Salvo finally realizes that it's all a smoke screen to get at the final place. (

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mysterymax | Dec 7, 2020 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Camilleri, Andrea	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Sartarelli, Stephen	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Angelica's Smile

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Il sorriso di Angelica

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The seventeenth installment of the beloved New York Times bestselling series that boasts more than 600,000 books in print. The last four books in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series have leapfrogged their way up the New York Times bestseller list, perfectly positioning Angelica's Smile to ascent to even greater heights. A rash of burglaries has got Inspector Salvo Montalbano stumped. The criminals are so brazen that their leader, the anonymous Mr. Z, starts sending the Sicilian inspector menacing letters. Among those burgled is the young and beautiful Angelica Cosulich, who reminds the inspector of the love-interest in Ludovico Ariosto's chivalric romance, Orlando Furioso. Besotted by Angelica's charms, Montalbano imagines himself back in the medieval world of jousts and battles. But when one of the burglars turns up dead, Montalbano must snap out of his fantasy and unmask his challenger.

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