The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries)

The latest installment of this increasingly popular series finds the moody Inspector Montalbano further beset by the existential questions that have been plaguing him of late. But he doesn't have much time to wax philosophical before the gruesome murder of a man --shot point-blank in the face with his pants down -- commands his attention. Add two evasive, beautiful women as prime suspects, and soon things get very complicated at the Vigata police headquarters.