Rounding the Mark: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery Audiobook

" What's not to like about this cranky, sensitive, Sicilian police investigator and his love of good food. Camilleri and his translator are great reads. "

" Rounding the Mark is one of the Inspector Montalbano Mysteries by Andrea Camilleri which capture intensely the flavour, atmosphere and culture of Sicily. There is something about Italian mysteries that I need to dwell on further some day...filled with intriguing characters, great food and drink, a distinct take on life and steeped in a backdrop of conspiracy. This novel which deals with the traffic of children, illegal immigration and the corruption of police and politicians alternates between marvelous vignettes of the police at work and Montalbano in life. Montalbano is a truly conflicted individual who wrestles with justice, loyalty, emotion and the idea of a life well lived. "

" A decent mystery, but lacking the wry humor that sets the series apart. "

" Camillieri's books are translated from Italian and they seem to lose something along the way. Chapters are short so it makes for an easy read but sometimes it's hard to stay involved with the character. "

" I love the Montalbano series, beautifully written and translated! "

" I wasn't really thrilled with the characters of style in this mystery. Appartantly it has been made into a very popular tv series in Italy, but I must say I prefer Brunetti and his Venice to Montobano and his Scisily. "

" Montalbino's go-it-alone antics are too silly to be believed. "

" I'm a big fan of this series and the I love that food is incorporated into the book. "

" This whole series is fun and quick with some more sober issues. "

" Nick and I read this together on the Kindle as we were camping. (We evolved a system. It's possible.) We laughed so. This is a funny, endearing novel. Just right for a camping trip. "

" I'm a big mystery reader, and Andrea Camilleri is a wonderful find. The translation is flawless, and the book was both funny and heartrending. Don't read it when your hungry, however. The descriptions of meals had me ready to jump on a plane and head for Sicily. "

" Less humorous than the first book I read by this author but then again the subject matter of trafficing children was anything but funny. "

" Yet again, another great Montalbano "

" Yet another fast-paced exciting Camilleri novel featuring the aging Salvo Montalbano and the usual cast. Fun. "

" Andrea Camilleri's inspector Montalbano is a great new find in the foreign mysteries translated into English. I've also read one translated into French (Un Ete Ardent or August Heat in English). Interesting view on Italy. "

" This whole series is fun and quick with some more sober issues. "

" I wasn't really thrilled with the characters of style in this mystery. Appartantly it has been made into a very popular tv series in Italy, but I must say I prefer Brunetti and his Venice to Montobano and his Scisily. "

" So so Italian mystery. Might be better if you start the series at the beginning and develop an affection for Inspector Montelbano and his cohorts. In this one, the Inspector tries to solve a mystery concerning a dead body, a small immagrant boy, and some secretive provate beach colonies. "

" I'm a big mystery reader, and Andrea Camilleri is a wonderful find. The translation is flawless, and the book was both funny and heartrending. Don't read it when your hungry, however. The descriptions of meals had me ready to jump on a plane and head for Sicily. "

" I'm a big fan of this series and the I love that food is incorporated into the book. "

" All camilleri novels are interesting. This one is just fine. Nothing special to say about it, except that if you like the other Montalbano mysteries - a philosophical Sicilian detective with a taste for good food and an abhorrence of capricious authority - you'll like this. "

" Another great work by Camilleri focusing this time on such a current and all-concerning issue as human trafficking. "

" What's not to like about this cranky, sensitive, Sicilian police investigator and his love of good food. Camilleri and his translator are great reads. "