"Inspector Montalbano exposes a viper's nest of government corruption and international intrigue while investigating the stabbing of an elderly man in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off Sicily's coast. His investigation leads to the beautiful Karima, an impoverished housecleaner and occasional prostitute, whose young son steals other schoolchildren's midmorning snacks."--
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