The Scent of the Night
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| Author | Andrea Camilleri |
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| Original title | L'odore della notte |
| Translator | Stephen Sartarelli |
| Country | Italy, Sicily |
| Language | Italian/Sicilian |
| Series | Inspector Salvo Montalbano, #6 |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Macmillan/Picador |
Publication date | 2001 (orig.) & 2005 (Eng. trans. ) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-330-44217-1 (Eng. trans.) |
| OCLC | 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.
Plot summary
Inspector Montalbano must track down a lost financial manager who seems to have absconded with all of his clients money. Along the way, he encounters a lovelorn secretary who believes her boss could do no wrong.
Trivia
- The novel openly cites Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily".
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