The Voice of the Violin by Andrea Camilleri is the fourth novel in the humorous series featuring Inspector Montalbano. The inspector is faced with a terrifying discovery: a naked young woman who has been strangled in her bed, and he embarks on a quest to find her killer. Among the suspects are her elderly husband, a famous doctor, a shy admirer who has disappeared, a lover from Bologna, and the victim's friend Anna, whose charms Montalbano cannot ignore. However, a mysterious and isolated violinist holds the key to this murder. The Voice of the Violin is followed by the fifth novel in the series, Excursion to Tindari.