The Treasure Hunt Author:Andrea Camilleri When a crazed elderly man and his sister begin firing bullets from their balcony down onto the Vigata street below, Inspector Montalbano finds himself a reluctant television hero, in this 16th investigation (following The Dance of the Seagull). And a few days later, when a letter arrives containing a mysterious riddle, the inspector becomes draw... more »n into a perplexing treasure hunt set by an anonymous challenger. Fending off meddling commissioners and his irate girlfriend Livia, the inspector will follow the treasure hunt's clues and travel from the city's teeming streets to its deserted outskirts, where an abandoned house overlooks a seemingly bottomless lake. With his sardonic take on small-town Sicilian life, his gustatory predilections, his delicate balancing act between the official and unofficial worlds he inhabits, and his genius for deciphering the most enigmatic of crimes, Inspector Salvo Montalbano has won millions of fans worldwide. First appearing in Italian in 1994, and in Stephen Sartarelli's superb annotated translations since 2002-as well as in an Italian-language television series starring Luca Zingaretti-Andrea Camilleri's sly and witty series "breathes out the sense of place and the sense of humor that fills the air of Sicily" (Donna Leon).« less