CAMILLERI, ANDREA
u003cpu003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eThe Cook of the Halcyonu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cbu003eis the penultimate novel in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series from the master of Sicilian crime, Andrea Camilleri.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003ciu003eMoments later the all-white schooner, which looked like a hospital ship, began to pass ever so slowly before him, as if wanting to show itself off in all its beauty. The name on the prow said: Halcyon.u003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e Two deaths - the suicide of a recently fired worker and the murder of an unscrupulous businessman - lead Inspector Montalbano to the Halcyon, a mysterious ship that visits Vigàta's port each day. With very few crewmen, no passengers, and a stern large enough to land a helicopter, it piques the Inspector's interest straight away.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e In the midst of this, a rare trip to Genoa to visit Livia ends with the Vigàta police department in disarray, and Inspector Montalbano's position as the head of the commissariat in jeopardy. It will be up to Montalbano to fix the damage done.u003c/pu003e
