The Other End of the Line by Andrea Camilleri & Stephen Sartarelli

Author:Andrea Camilleri & Stephen Sartarelli
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2019-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

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He’d just started walking along the jetty on his way to the flat rock when his cell phone rang. Since at that very moment he’d been thinking of how to get back at Pasquano for tricking him, he had confirmation that not only was it enough to speak of the devil for him to appear, one only had to think of him.

For it was none other than the doctor calling.

“Montalbano, I’m so sorry to wake you during your postprandial siesta.”

“Who says I’m sleeping? You’re the one who needs to sleep, not me. I feel just fine and am enjoying the sea air. So, tell me instead, what winds are blowing at the morgue?”

“Well, that’s just it. Inside the morgue, and in my room, the usual fetid air is putrescent, but out in the hallway it’s even worse.”

“Why do you say that?”

“Because for the last two hours there’s been a gentleman sitting on the floor out there, without any shoes on his feet, wailing, crying, singing, praying, and saying he wants to see the victim’s corpse.”

“And what’s that got to do with me?”

“The man says he’s a friend of yours. And if you don’t come and get him, I’m going to kill the guy and put him directly in bed with Signora Elena. That way he can see her all he wants.”

“What’s his name?”

“He’s got some kind of Turkish name: Ossiman, Osman, something like that . . . Hello? Hello! . . .”

But Montalbano had already hung up and was running towards his car.

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