The Scent of the Night

0-330-44217-1 (Eng. trans.)OCLC71347307Preceded byExcursion to Tindari Followed byRounding the Mark 

The Scent of the Night (Italian: 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.[1][2][3]

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".[4][why?]

References

  1. ^ Peter Bondanella (2003-07-31). The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel. Cambridge University Press, 2003. pp. 227–8. ISBN 0521669626.
  2. ^ Redazione (27 June 2001). "Montalbano torna in libreria Già prenotate 250 mila copie". La Repubblica. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. ^ Antonio Debenedetti (22 July 2001). "Montalbano a caccia di un ragioniere". Corriere della Sera. p. 32. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ^ Lucia Rinaldi, Elizabeth Foxwell (2012-03-30). Andrea Camilleri: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction. McFarland & Company, 2012. pp. 107–8. ISBN 978-0786446704.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Inspector Montalbano novels
  • The Shape of Water (1994)
  • The Terracotta Dog (1996)
  • The Snack Thief (1996)
  • The Voice of the Violin (1997)
  • Excursion to Tindari (2000)
  • The Scent of the Night (2001)
  • Rounding the Mark (2003)
  • The Patience of the Spider (2004)
  • The Paper Moon (2005)
  • August Heat (2006)
  • The Wings of the Sphinx (2006)
  • The Track of Sand (2007)
  • The Potter's Field (2008)
  • The Age of Doubt (2008)
  • The Dance of the Seagull (2009)
  • Treasure Hunt (2010)
  • Angelica's Smile (2010)
  • Game of Mirrors (2011)
  • A Beam of Light (2012)
  • A Voice in the Night (2012)
  • A Nest of Vipers (2013)
  • The Pyramid of Mud (2014)
  • The Overnight Kidnapper (2015)
  • The Other End of the Line (2016)
  • The Safety Net (2017)


Stub icon

This article about a crime novel of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

  • v
  • t
  • e