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The Track of Sand

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The Track of Sand
First edition (Italy)
AuthorAndrea Camilleri
Original titleLa pista di sabbia
TranslatorStephen Sartarelli
LanguageItalian/Sicilian
SeriesInspector Salvo Montalbano, #12
GenreCrime, Mystery novel
PublisherPenguin Books/Sellerio Editore
Publication date
7 June 2007
Publication placeItaly, Sicily
Published in English
2010
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
ISBN0-14-311793-9 (Eng. trans.)
OCLC427757200
Preceded byThe Wings of the Sphinx 
Followed byThe Potter's Field 

The Track of Sand (orig. Italian La pista di sabbia) is a 2007 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2010 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the twelfth novel in the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series.

The Sicilian inspector looks out his window and sees the carcass of a horse on the beach. The animal, he discovers, has been bludgeoned to death. As he turns his back to phone in the crime, the horse vanishes, leaving a track in the sand. Was the horse slaughtered for its meat by illegal immigrants? Is someone trying to send a message to the owner? Or is the Mafia edging its way into the racing industry? The repeated vandalizing of Montalbano's home and a Mafia thug's murder complicate the investigation.