The Treasure Hunt

<p><b><i>The Treasure Hunt</i> is the sixteenth gripping novel in Andrea Camilleri's darkly humorous Inspector Montalbano series<i>.</i></b><br><br>When a crazed elderly man and his sister begin firing bullets from their balcony down onto the Vigàta street below, Inspector Montalbano finds himself a reluctant television hero.<br><br>A few days later, when a letter arrives containing a mysterious riddle, the Inspector becomes drawn into a perplexing treasure hunt set by an anonymous challenger. As the hunt intensifies, Montalbano is relieved to be offered the assistance of Arturo Pennisi, a young man eager to witness the detective's investigative skills first hand.<br><br>Fending off meddling commissioners and his irate girlfriend, Livia, the inspector will follow the treasure hunt's clues and travel from Vigàta's teeming streets to its deserted outskirts: where an abandoned house overlooks a seemingly bottomless lake. But when a horrifying crime is committed, the game must surely be laid aside. And it isn't long before Montalbano himself will be in terrible danger . . .<br><br>'Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superb' - <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br><i>The Treasure Hunt </i>is followed by the seventeenth Inspector Montalbano title,<i> Angelica's Smile.</i></p>