This past weekend I had a long road trip so I downloaded a bunch of audio books from the library to listen to while I drove. I ended up listening to two of Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano mysteries, The Pyramid of Mud and The Snack Thief. Last night I read through his wikipedia page trying to figure out which of his many books I had read and what order they were published in since I’ve never read them in order. This morning I woke to discovered he died today.

Camilleri lived to a great age and I’m glad I still have many of his books to read or listen to. They are set in a fictional town in Sicily and follow the career and love life of Montalbano who is often disagreeable and unpleasant but at the same time ethical and persistent. I don’t have affection for him the way I do for Leon’s Brunetti nor do I find Sicily as appealing as Venice. But I do enjoy the books.