August Heat

For the W. F. Harvey short story, see August Heat (short story).
August Heat

First edition (Italy)
Author Andrea Camilleri
Original title La Vampa d'Agosto
Translator Stephen Sartarelli
Country Italy, Sicily
Language Italian/Sicilian
Series Inspector Salvo Montalbano, #10
Genre Crime, Mystery novel
Publisher Macmillan/Picador
Publication date
2006 (orig.) & 2009 (Eng. trans. )
Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
ISBN 978-1-4362-0784-3 (Eng. trans.)
OCLC 191929160
Preceded by The Paper Moon
Followed by The Wings of the Sphinx

August Heat (orig. Italian La Vampa d'Agosto) is a 2006 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2009 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the tenth novel in the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series.

Plot

A grueling, relentless sun is the background to this episode: and the most fiery heat of this hottest summer month in Sicily is paralleled by the fervour and passion that inflames Montalbano. It's August, his deputy Mimì Augello had to anticipate his holidays, and Montalbano is forced to remain at Vigata, taking care of police business. Fiancée Livia would join him, but not to be alone with Montalbano's always working, she brings along a friend (with husband and baby) and asks Salvo to rent a beach house for them. All is well as the holiday develops nicely, but one day the couple's little boy disappears. Montalbano rushes into the garden to help in the search and discovers a tunnel that will reveal sensational surprises, including a trunk with the body of a missing girl who disappeared six years before.


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