Search - The Smell of the Night (Library Edition) (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries (Audio))

This is Book 6 of Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano mysteries. The mystery side of things, which involves a Ponzi scheme, isn't as interesting as the slackerish approach of the detective-hero. Montalbano is loutish, forgetful and inconsiderate to his subordinates, mistress, housekeeper and friends. He's hard to like. On the positive side, the evocation of Sicily appeals. One feels sympathy with Montalbano who mourns its transformation into a concrete wasteland. The nostalgic tone will remind one of Simenon saying goodbye to his Paris in the late Maigret novels of the 1960s and early 1970s. Ignore my reservations and read this if you liked the other books.