The Terracotta Dog: An Inspector Montalbano Novel 2

<p><b>Set in Sicily, <i>The Terracotta Dog</i> is the second novel in the</b> <b>humorous</b> <b>Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri.</b><br> <br> <b>*Adapted for BBC4's <i>Inspector Montalbano</i> series*</b><br> <br> After a cloak and dagger exchange with an ageing Mafioso, Inspector Montalbano is left haunted by the man's dying words, which lead him to a mountainside just west of Vigàta where he unearths two young lovers, dead fifty years and still embracing, watched over by a life-size terracotta dog.<br> <br> Heedless of personal danger, Montalbano's drive to solve this old crime forces him on a journey through Sicily's World War II history and to the dark heart of one family . . .<br> <br> <b><i>The Terracotta Dog</i> is followed by the third title in this satirical series, <i>The Snack Thief</i>.</b></p>