The Other End of the Line

Andrea Camilleri

Sep 2019 · Blackstone Publishing · Narrated by Grover Gardner

About this audiobook

A wave of refugees has arrived on the Sicilian coast, and Inspector Montalbano and his team have been stationed at port, alongside countless volunteers, to receive and assist the newcomers.

Meanwhile, Livia has promised their presence at a friend’s wedding, and the inspector, agreeing to get a new suit tailored, meets the charming master seamstress Elena Biasini. But while on duty at the dock one late night, tragedy strikes, and Elena is found gruesomely murdered.

Between managing the growing crowds at the landing, Montalbano delves into the world of garments, in the company of an orphaned cat, where he works to weave together the loose threads of the unsolved crimes and close the case.

Ratings and reviews

law-enforcement, Sicily, situational-humor, verbal-humor, murder-investigation, translated, refugees, angst***** Montalbano's at the end of his wits and the whole team is exhausted by endlessly long nights of dealing with hundreds of refugees from Tunisia and other African nations each night for days on end in addition to their daytime issues. To top it off, his longtime girlfriend expects him to have a special suit tailored for an event with one of her friends and tells him just who is the person for the job. She is a kind and gentle woman with a small staff and a very accommodating manner. Until she is brutally murdered. So Montalbano leaves the wharf duties to his overworked staff and diligently pursues all the frayed threads of the case. Another excellent work translated by the inimitable Steven Sartarelli and interpreted by narrator Grover Gardner.

About the author

Andrea Camilleri (1925–2019) wrote the internationally bestselling Inspector Montalbano mysteries as well as historical novels. His books have been made into television shows in Italy and translated into thirty-two languages. His thirteenth Montalbano novel, The Potter’s Field, won the Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger Award and was longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Stephen Sartarelli is an award-winning translator and poet.

Grover Gardner has recorded more than 650 audiobooks since beginning his career in 1981. He's been named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" as well as a "Golden Voice" by AudioFile magazine. Gardner has garnered over 20 AudioFile Earphones Awards and is the recipient of an Audio Publishers Association Audie Award, as well as a three-time finalist. In 2005, Publishers Weekly deemed him "Audiobook Narrator of the Year." Gardner has also narrated hundreds of audiobooks under the names Tom Parker and Alexander Adams. Among his many titles are Marcus Sakey's At the City's Edge, as well as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and John Irving's The Cider House Rules. Gardner studied Theater and Art History at Rollins College and received a Master's degree in Acting from George Washington University. He lives in Oregon with his significant other and daughter.