The Treasure Hunt - Andrea Camilleri

When a crazed elderly man and his sister begin firing bullets from their balcony down onto the Vigâta street below, Inspector Montalbano finds himself a reluctant television hero. A few days later, when a letter arrives containing a mysterious riddle, the inspector becomes drawn into a perplexing treasure hunt set by an anonymous challenger.

Fending off meddling commissioners and his irate girlfriend, Livia, the inspector will follow the treasure hunt’s clues and travel from Vigata’s teeming streets to its deserted outskirts: where an abandoned house overlooks a seemingly bottomless lake. But when a horrifying crime is committed, the game must surely be laid aside. And it isn’t long before

Montalbano himself will be in terrible danger . ..