Andrea Camilleri starts the Track of Sand with the brutal killing of a horse just off Inspector Montalbano?s veranda. As he and his eccentric team of policemen are inspecting the crime the body of the animal disappears. It is unclear to the Inspector and the reader if the horse belongs to a stunning Roman equestrian, Rachele, or one of the leaders of the local mafia. Rachele shows up at the Vigata police station to report the missing horse and thus is started a complicated and often humorous relationship between herself and the Inspector.
The reader learns that as Inspector Montalbano enters his 56th year his eyesight is fading, he is becoming more forgetful and his relationship with long time love, Livia, is causing him to lose sleep. Also, affecting his sleep is a series of odd and oddly realistic dreams. Could they help him solve the crime at the center of this mystery or are they a glimpse into his future? The Inspector?s Swedish friend Ingrid makes more than one appearance in Track of Sand and more than one bottle of whiskey is drunk in her company.
In this fun and entertaining book Montalbano continues his pursuit of a good meal. One of the best parts of this novel is a description of a truly atrocious dinner Montalbano is forced to attend. The Inspector makes up for one bad meal with trips to Enzo?s and meals prepared by his cook and housekeeper Adelina. Adelina continues to make the Inspector delicious dinners of caponata (a typical Sicilian dish made with eggplant) most often accompanied by a fresh fish such as mullets. She also leaves his refrigerator full of green olives, black passuluna olives, caciocavallo cheese and anchovies. Just once I would like to look in my refrigerator and see what Montalbano sees.
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