Inspector Montalbano book 8 · 2004
The Patience of the Spider
A young woman, the daughter of a wealthy family, is kidnapped on her way home, and Montalbano finds the case is not the usual ransom kidnapping.
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Book facts
- Author
- Andrea Camilleri
- Series
- Inspector Montalbano, book 8 of 28
- Published
- 2004
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Vigàta, Sicily
- Characters charted
- 8
- Chart confidence
- Medium
The Patience of the Spider on screen
- Inspector Montalbano (1999–2021, series, RAI). Luca Zingaretti plays the food-loving Sicilian commissario in feature-length episodes, filmed among the baroque towns and beaches of south-east Sicily.
Who is in The Patience of the Spider
8 recurring or key characters from Andrea Camilleri’s chart.
Lead 1
- Salvo MontalbanoPolice inspector in Vigàta, Sicily
Major 3
- Mimì AugelloDeputy inspector and womaniser
- Giuseppe FazioInspector Montalbano’s most reliable officer
- Livia BurlandoMontalbano’s girlfriend in Genoa
Minor and cameo 4
- Agatino CatarellaDesk officer who mangles every message
- Dr PasquanoIrascible coroner
- AdelinaMontalbano’s housekeeper and cook
- Nicolò ZitoTelevision journalist and Montalbano’s friend
Also featuring these characters
Other Andrea Camilleri books that share the most characters with The Patience of the Spider.
- The Smell of the Night2001 · Inspector Montalbano · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- August Heat2006 · Inspector Montalbano · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Excursion to Tindari2000 · Inspector Montalbano · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Wings of the Sphinx2006 · Inspector Montalbano · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon