Main article: List of Inspector Montalbano episodes Series
Montalbano investigates criminal acts which he always manages to solve by reconstruction thanks to his intelligence and the help of his team which includes his deputy, Domenico 'Mimì' Augello, Giuseppe Fazio, Galluzzo, and Agatino Catarella.
Inspector Salvo Montalbano is in charge of the state police station in Vigàta, a fictional town in the fictional province of Montelusa based on the Province of Ragusa in Sicily, Southern Italy. Montalbano's house in the fictional Marinella, actually in Punta Secca, district of Santa Croce Camerina