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Violence
Some
Animal death investigation leading to a murder; the horse trafficking world
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific criminality of illegal animal trafficking; Montalbano working in an unfamiliar world without the usual social navigation points
What this book is about
A horse is found dead on the beach near Vigàta, apparently killed, with no indication of its owner or how it came to be there. Inspector Montalbano is called to investigate what initially seems a relatively minor crime, and finds that the horse connects to a network of illegal horse trading and the specific criminal economy of animal trafficking. Andrea Camilleri's twelfth Montalbano novel uses the horse mystery as an entry point into a world that Montalbano — a man of the sea and the kitchen rather than the stable — finds genuinely foreign.
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twelfth Inspector Montalbano novel by Andrea Camilleri
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