The Scent of the Night

<p><b><i>The Scent of the Night</i> is the sixth comic detective novel in the Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri.</b><br><br><i>Montalbano learned how hard it was to put on a wetsuit while in a dinghy speeding over a sea that wasn't exactly calm. Mimì, at the helm, looked tense and worried.</i><br><i>&quot;Getting seasick?&quot; the inspector asked him at one point.</i><br><i>&quot;No. Just sick of myself.&quot;</i><br><i>&quot;Why?&quot;</i><br><i>&quot;Because every now and then I realize what a stupid shit I am to go along with some of your brilliant ideas.&quot;</i><br><br>When an angry octogenarian holds a terrified and lovelorn secretary at gunpoint, Inspector Montalbano is reluctantly drawn into the case. The secretary's boss, a financial advisor, has vanished along with several billion