num_pages: 304
description: “The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily.” —Donna Leon When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off Sicily's coast, only Montalbano, with his keen insight into human nature, suspects the link between the two incidents. His investigation leads to the beautiful Karima, an impoverished housecleaner and sometime prostitute, whose young son steals other schoolchildren's midmorning snacks. But Karima disappears, and the young snack thief's life—as well as Montalbano's—is endangered, the Inspector exposes a viper's next of government corruption and international intrigue.
language: English
title: The Snack Thief
titlecomplete: The Snack Thief (An Inspector Montalbano Mystery)
characters: Commissario Salvo Montalbano, Enzo (Montalbano)
genres: Fiction, Italy, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Italian Literature, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 9337
places: Sicily
series: Inspector Montalbano
publisher: Penguin Books