The Age of Doubt
Commissario Montalbano • Book 14
by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
Narrated by Grover Gardner
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
This is the kind of mystery where the atmosphere does half the detective work — fog, a stranger on the dock, and a corpse with no face.
- Great if you want: sun-drenched Sicilian noir with dry wit throughout
- Listening experience: breezy and self-contained — done in a single weekend
- Narration: Gardner's measured authority suits Montalbano's weary competence perfectly
- Skip if: you haven't read earlier entries — character payoffs land harder with context
About This Audiobook
A fierce autumn storm brings unusual visitors to the port of Vigata: a yacht with a secretive crew, a luxury vessel of dubious provenance, and a woman who makes careful inquiries about one of the boats before the body turns up. Inspector Montalbano is drawn into a case whose elegant surface conceals a tangle of false identities and old violence, all while the particular pleasures of Sicilian life, the food, the light, the exasperation with authority, offer their reliable counterweight. Book fourteen of Andrea Camilleri's series is as brisk and satisfying as the best of them.
Grover Gardner's narration has become the definitive English-language voice for the Montalbano series, his delivery capturing both the ironic intelligence of the inspector and the warmth of Camilleri's Mediterranean setting. The short format, just over five hours, reflects the series' signature economy: nothing wasted, everything felt. Listeners new to the series will find this a welcoming entry point; longtime fans will find it characteristic of Camilleri at his most assured.
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