“The Pyramid of Mud” is the twenty-second novel in the Montalbano series by the Italian crime novelist Andrea Camilleri. It has been raining for many days in Vigàta, and the continuous torrential rains have caused violent floods, overpowering the Inspector’s beloved city, leaving behind only a sea of mud. On one of these endless gray days, a man – Mr. Giuglio Nicotra – is found dead, his body discovered in a large drain, half-naked and with a bullet in his back. The investigation begins slowly and slippery, but when Montalbano realizes that every clue he discovers and every person he interviews leads him to the same place – the world of public spending and, with it, the Mafia – the case begins to pick up speed. But there is a question that continually plays on Montalbano’s mind: in his strange and untimely death, was Giuglio Nicotra trying to tell him something? “The Pyramid of Mud” is followed by Montalbano’s twenty-third thrilling mystery, “The Overnight Kidnapper.”