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      The Snack Thief

      by Andrea Camilleri
      Published
      Apr 2003
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      Law Enforcement Law Enforcement
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      A Salvo Montalbano Mystery Book 3

      About This Book

      Never has Inspector Montalbano's character--a unique end of humor, cynicism, compassion, earthiness, and love of good food--been more compelling an in The Snack Thief.

      When an elderly man is man stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off Sicily's coast, only Montalbano, with his keen insight into human nature, suspects the link between the two incidents. His investigation leads to the beautiful Karima, an impoverished housecleaner and sometime prostitute, whose young son steals other schoolchildren's midmorning snacks. But Karima disappears, an the young snack thief's life – as well as Montalbano's – is endangered when the inspector exposes a viper's nest of government corruption and international intrigue.

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      Book 3
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