The wings of the Sphinx
by Andrea Camilleri
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A young woman is found dead, her face half shot off and only a tattoo of a sphinx moth giving any hint of her identity. The tattoo links her to three similarly marked girls--all victims of the underworld sex trade--who have been rescued from the Mafia night-club circuit by a prominent Catholic charity. When Inspector Salvo Montalbano delves into the case, his inquiries elicit an outcry from the Church--and soon the three other girls are all missing.
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Fiction, Police, Catholic Church, Charities, Investigation, Salvo Montalbano (Fictitious character), Human trafficking victims, Murder, Mystery, Suspense, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Italy, fiction, Crime, fiction, Missing persons, fiction, Large type booksPlaces
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The Wings of the Sphinx
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
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in English
1101159162 9781101159163
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Food, love, and murder-Sicilian style-in the gripping eleventh installment of The New York Times bestselling Montalbano mystery series. Things are not going well for Inspector Salvo Montalbano. His relationship with Livia is once again on the rocks and-acutely aware of his age-he is beginning to grow weary of the endless violence he encounters. Then a young woman is found dead, her face half shot off and only a tattoo of a sphinx moth giving any hint of her identity. The tattoo links her to three similarly marked girls-all victims of the underworld sex trade-who have been rescued from the Mafia night-club circuit by a prominent Catholic charity. The problem is, Montalbano's inquiries elicit an outcry from the Church and the three other girls are all missing.
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