The wings of the Sphinx
By: Andrea Camilleri ; translated [from the Italian] by Stephen Sartarelli.
Contributors: Sartarelli, Stephen, 1954-
Series: A Penguin mystery
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780143116608
Subjects: Montalbano, Salvo (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Police -- Italy -- Fiction; Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction; Human trafficking victims -- Fiction; Catholic Church -- Charities -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Ali della sfinge.
Description: A young woman is found dead, her face half shot off and only a tattoo of a sphinx moth giving any hint of her identity. The tattoo links her to three similarly marked girls--all victims of the underworld sex trade--who have been rescued from the Mafia night-club circuit by a prominent Catholic charity. When Inspector Salvo Montalbano delves into the case, his inquiries elicit an outcry from the Church--and soon the three other girls are all missing.