The Overnight Kidnapper

Product Description The Overnight Kidnapper Is The Twenty-Third Inspector Montalbano Mystery, From The International Bestselling Author Andrea Camilleri.After A Hectic Morning Involving Two Rather Irritating Cases Of Mistaken Identity, Inspector Montalbano Finally Arrives In His Office Ready Find Out WhatS Troubling Vigta This Week. What He Discovers Is Unnerving. A Woman On Her Way Home From Work Has Been Held Up At Gunpoint, Chloroformed And Kidnapped, But Then Released Just Hours Later - Unharmed And With All Her Possessions - Into The Open Countryside.Later That Day, Montalbano Hears From Enzo, The Owner Of His Favourite Restaurant, That His Niece Has Recently Been The Victim Of The Exact Same Crime. Before Long, A Third Instance Of This Baffling Overnight Kidnapping Has Been Reported. As Far As Montalbano Can Tell, There Is No Link Between The Attacker And The Victims. So What Exactly Is This Mystery Assailant Gaining From These Fleeting Kidnappings? And What Can He Do To Stop Them? Montalbano Must Use All His Logic And Intuition If He Is To Answer These Pressing Questions Before The Kidnapper Finds His Next Victim . . .The Overnight Kidnapper Is Followed By The Twenty-Fourth Gripping Mystery, The Other End Of The Line. Review MontalbanoS Colleagues, Chance Encounters, Sicilian Mores, Even The Contents Of His Fridge Are Described With The Wit And Gusto That Make This Narrator The Best Company In Crime Fiction Today Guardianamong The Most Exquisitely Crafted Pieces Of Crime Writing Available Today . . . Simply Superb Sunday Timesone Of FictionS Greatest Detectives And Camilleri Is One Of EuropeS Greatest Crime Writers Daily Mailthe Overnight Kidnapper Is An Ideal Beach Read Or A Prefect Winter Evening Companion. ItS The Light Tone, The Humorous Relationships Between The Characters And The Farcical Situations That Arise In The Novels That Makes Them So Enjoyable . . . If You Are New To Montalbano, Aside From Going Back To The Beginning, This Would Be An Excellent Place To Start. Nb Magazine From The Back Cover So Why Did This Smerca Wait All This Time To Report The Incident? Asked Augello.Because His Daughter DidnT Want Him To. She DidnT Like The Idea Of Everyone In Town Talking About Her.Was She Raped?No.Robbed?No.So WhatD The Guy Kidnap Her For?After A Hectic Morning, Inspector Montalbano Finally Arrives Back At His Office Ready To Find Out WhatS Troubling Vigta This Week. What He Discovers Is Unnerving. A Woman On Her Way Home From Work Has Been Held Up At Gunpoint, Chloroformed And Kidnapped, But Then Released Just Hours Later - Unharmed And With All Her Possessions - Into The Open Countryside.Later That Day, Montalbano Hears From Enzo, The Owner Of His Favourite Restaurant, That His Niece Has Recently Been The Victim Of The Exact Same Crime. Before Long, A Third Instance Of This Baffling Overnight Kidnapping Has Been Reported. As Far As Montalbano Can Tell, There Is No Link Between The Attacker And The Victims. So What Exactly Is This Mystery Assailant Gaining From These Fleeting Kidnappings? Who Are They? And What Can Be Done To Stop Them? Montalbano Must Use All His Logic And Intuition If He Is To Answer These Pressing Questions Before The Overnight Kidnapper Finds Their Next Victim . . . About The Author Andrea Camilleri Was One Of ItalyS Most Famous Contemporary Writers. The Inspector Montalbano Series, Which Has Sold Over Sixty-Five Million Copies Worldwide, Has Been Translated Into Thirty-Two Languages And Was Adapted For Italian Television, Screened On Bbc4.The PotterS Field, The Thirteenth Book In The Series, Was Awarded The Crime Writers AssociationS International Dagger For The Best Crime Novel Translated Into English. In Addition To His Phenomenally Successful Inspector Montalbano Series, He Was Also The Author Of The Historical Comic Mysterieshunting Season Andthe Brewer Of Preston. He Died In Rome In July 2019.