Game of Mirrors by Andrea Camilleri

Author:Andrea Camilleri [Camilleri, Andrea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Literary, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, International Mystery & Crime, Thrillers & Suspense, Suspense, Reference, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction
Amazon: B00L9B855G
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2015-03-30T05:00:00+00:00

Fazio was back in a flash. He was panting heavily, as if he’d been running hard.

“Ah Chief!”

He sounded exactly like Catarella whenever the c’mishner called. Montalbano got scared.

“What is it?”

“I recognized the voice in the recording!”

“Are you sure?”

“Absolutely certain. Didn’t you notice how he stammered every so often?”

“I did. So who is it?”

“Nicotra. Carlo Nicotra.”

Montalbano felt bewildered. He sat down.

“Nicotra? The one who oversees the drug trade for the Sinagras? And who lives on Via Pisacane?”

“That’s the one.”

“And what’s he got to do with any of this?”

It was an entirely unexpected complication. A new element that might shed light on a lot of things or else cast them into a permanent fog.

The inspector felt as if he were in a boat without oars in the middle of a storm at sea. But his disorientation didn’t last long.

“Let’s think about this for a minute.”

Fazio sat down.

Think about it? Of course, they could and should think about it. But it would take a good long while.

“The first and most natural question that comes to mind,” said Montalbano, “is: How did Nicotra find out about my dinner with Signora Lombardo?”

Fazio squirmed uncomfortably in his chair, then said:

“Chief, I can tell you what I think, but you mustn’t take offense at what I say.”

“Are you kidding me?”

“It’s something that just came to me out of the blue, without me having to think about it. Don’t you think it might have been Signora Lombardo herself who informed Nicotra?”

The inspector remained silent. The same thought had flashed through his mind as well, but he’d discarded it at once. Still, it was best to find out why Fazio’d had the thought in the first place, so he asked:

“Are you trying to tell me that you assume Lombardo and Nicotra know each other?”

“No, I didn’t make myself clear. The lady doesn’t know Nicotra, I would bet the house on it. But you can be sure Arturo Tallarita knows him. His father, the one who’s in jail, has worked for Nicotra and still does. And it’s possible the kid was present when La Lombardo phoned you.”

Montalbano drew the logical conclusion.

“So, in your opinion, Arturo is aware of Liliana’s designs on me?”

“Yessir.”

“So why would he just sit back and let her cheat on him?”

“’Cause they have an agreement.”

This was something that hadn’t even remotely occurred to him. But there were some grounds for the assumption. Something to work with.

Fazio continued.

“They’re using you to make it look like there’s nothing between them anymore, like they’ve broken up. And what better way to make a show of it than to have a video aired on TV?”

“When you put it that way, it seems convincing. I think you’re right. But I also think that Arturo acted on his own initiative in informing Nicotra, without letting Liliana know.”

“So you’re convinced the girl didn’t know anything?”

“I’m almost convinced, after what Savagnoli told us. Before, I saw things differently. I thought Liliana was in it up to her neck. But there’s still something in your argument that doesn’t add up for me.

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