The pyramid of mud, Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
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The pyramid of mud, Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
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eng
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fiction
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The pyramid of mud
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1019835245
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Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
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An Inspector Montalbano Mystery, [22]
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"Italy's favorite detective, Inspector Montalbano, uncovers corruption and mafia ties in the world of construction and public spending when he investigates the murder of a man found dead in the skeletal workings of a construction site, a place now entombed by a sea of mud from recent days of rain and floods"--, Provided by publisherOn a gloomy morning in Vigàta, Giugiù Nicotra is found dead in the skeletal workings of a construction site-- a place now entombed by a sea of mud from recent days of rain and floods. Shot in the back, he had fled into a water supply system tunnel. The investigation gets off to a slow start, but all the evidence points to the world of construction and public contracts, a world just as slimy and impenetrable as mud. As he wades through a world in which construction firms and public officials thrive, Montalbano is obsessed by one thought: that by going to die in the tunnel, Nicotra had been trying to communicate something
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- FICTION + Mystery & Detective + Traditional
- Murder + Investigation -- Fiction
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- Detective and mystery fiction
- Italy + Sicily
- Murder + Investigation
- Montalbano, Salvo, (Fictitious character)
- Mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian
- Police
- Large type books
- Police -- Italy -- Sicily -- Fiction
- Montalbano, Salvo, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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- FICTION + Mystery & Detective + Traditional
- Murder + Investigation -- Fiction
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- Detective and mystery fiction
- Italy + Sicily
- Murder + Investigation
- Montalbano, Salvo, (Fictitious character)
- Mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian
- Police
- Large type books
- Police -- Italy -- Sicily -- Fiction
- Montalbano, Salvo, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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