The Safety Net

· Blackstone Publishing · Narrated by Grover Gardner
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Vigàta is bustling as the new filming location for a Swedish television series set in 1950. In the production frenzy, the director asks the locals to track down movies and vintage photos to faithfully recreate the air of Vigàta in that time. Engineer Ernesto Sabatello, while rummaging in the attic of his house, finds some films shot by his father from 1958 to 1963—always on the same day; March 27, and always the same shot: the outside wall of a country house.

Montalbano hears the story and, intrigued by the mystery of it, begins to investigate its meaning. Meanwhile, a middle school is threatened by a group of armed men—but a closer look at the situation finds Montalbano looking into the students themselves and finally delving into the world of social media.

Vigàta is bustling as the new filming location for a Swedish television series set in 1950. In the production frenzy, the director asks the locals to track down movies and vintage photos to faithfully recreate the air of Vigàta in that time. Engineer Ernesto Sabatello, while rummaging in the atti...

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Janice Tangen
June 21, 2020
Sicily, law-enforcement, angst, mystery, investigation, relationships***** Another man's puzzle, the madness of a TV crew on a prolonged shoot in Vigata, problems with his second in command, problems in a local school, problems with his long time girlfriend are more than enough for Commissario Montalbano even as local crime seems to be on holiday. It's a wonderfully convoluted novel written several years before the author's death but only translated into English in 2020. I loved it! In case you didn't know, the great truth about the Montalbano mysteries is that if it seems obvious, it isn't the truth. Steven Sartorelli is the deviously clever translator, and Grover Gardner is the narrator extraordinaire.
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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 is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.

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 Writ...

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