| The Scent of the Night | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Andrea Camilleri |
| Original title | L'odore della notte |
| Translator | Stephen Sartarelli |
| Country | Italy, Sicily |
| Language | Italian/Sicilian |
| Series | Inspector Salvo Montalbano, #6 |
| Genre(s) | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Macmillan/Picador |
| Publication date | 2001 (orig.) & 2005 (Eng. trans. ) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0330442171 (Eng. trans.) |
| OCLC Number | 71347307 |
| Preceded by | Excursion to Tindari |
| Followed by | Rounding the Mark |
The Scent of the Night ( L’odore della notte ) is a 2001 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2005 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the sixth novel in the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series.
Inspector Montalbano must track down a lost financial manager who seems to have absconded with all of hits clients money. Along the way, he encounters a lovelorn secretary who believes her boss could do no wrong.