If you have read the previous 26 novels, you must read this one. It’s the closing of a chapter in crime fiction. If you are new to Montalbano, for heaven’s sake, start with The Shape of Water (Book #1). This is not an entry point; it’s a farewell.
The final pages—featuring a last phone call, a last meal, and a last walk on the beach—are devastatingly beautiful. Camilleri lets Montalbano fade out not with a bang, but with a quiet, knowing sigh. Andrea Camilleri Commissario Montalbano 27 ...
Note: The 27th novel is titled Riccardino . Camilleri wrote it years before his death in 2019, with strict instructions that it be published posthumously. As such, it functions as the true, final episode of the series. If you have read the previous 26 novels,