Book Review for

The Shape of Water
by Andrea Camilleri

The 1st Inspector Salvo Montalbano mystery.
In the small, fictitious, Sicilian town of Vigata, a high-ranking city official is found dead
of natural causes but Inspector Montalbano is suspicious. The official is found in a compromising
part of town, having been seen with a woman who is the daughter-in-law of his natural successor.
Montalbano, in the words of his police commissioner, is a man who possesses "an intelligence,
an acumen, and, most important, a courtesy in human relations quite rare nowadays."
The story is full of wit, a sense of place, an engaging plot, and is well-written.
A very good mystery to read.

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