The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I seem to be attracted to mysteries with grumpy detectives and a lot of descriptions of food. I've read the Swedish Wallander books, and that had a grumpy detective but with humorously lousy food. Burnt coffee and rusk, anyone? Here, Montalbano checks off on grumpy, but the food is described lovingly, respectfully, and tantalizingly. There's a mystery here that you have to pay attention to in order to follow the threads - Montalbano is covering multiple cases and a messy private life all simultaneously, so there's plenty to maintain interest. I am looking forward to continuing this series.
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