By the author of Death and the Penguin, this 1999 novel opens in Kiev with the puzzling death of a...
The Snack Thief
When an elderly man is stabbed to death in the lift of his apartment block and a crewman on an...
The Voice of the Violin
Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him...
The Hotel Majestic
When the strangled body of Mrs Clark, the wife of a wealthy American industrialist, is found in...
The Blue Room
An adulterous affair leads to a double murder and an inescapable nightmare for Tony in this...
The Oxford Brotherhood
Mathematics student G is trying to resurrect his studies, which is proving difficult as he finds...
The Oxford Murders
A lovely review from Marcus du Sautoy in The Guardian to whet your appetite for this mathematical...
Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
Cracow, 1893. Desperate to relieve her boredom and improve her social standing, Zofia Turbotynska...
The Crocodile
Transferred to Naples after a tangle with the Sicilian Mafia, Detective Inspector Giuseppe...
The Defenceless
When an old man is run over and killed by a Hungarian au pair, Finnish police investigator Anna...












