You could read this as standalone and I doubt that the order in which you read the books would make a ''lot'' of difference to your enjoyment of the series, but why not give yourself a treat and start back at the [[The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri|beginning]]?
{{amazontext|amazon=1447203321}} {{waterstonestext|waterstones=9153927}} [[Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano Books in Chronological Order]]
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