The Terracotta Dog*;* the second book in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series; opens with a mysterious tête-à-tête with a Mafioso; some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist; and some dying words that lead Inspector Montalbano to a secret grotto in a mountain cave where two young lovers dead fifty years and still embracing are watched over by a life-size terracotta dog. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him; heedless of personal danger; on a journey through the island's past and into a family's dark heart amid the horrors of World War II. Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Salvo Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic; engaging take on Sicilian small-town life and his genius for deciphering the most enigmatic of crimes. The Terracotta Dog is followed by the third title in this satirical and humorous series; The Snack Thief.