| Rounding the Mark | |
| Title Orig: | Il giro di boa |
| Translator: | Stephen Sartarelli |
| Author: | Andrea Camilleri |
| Country: | Italy, Sicily |
| Language: | Italian/Sicilian |
| Series: | Inspector Salvo Montalbano, #7 |
| Genre: | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher: | Macmillan/Picador |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2003 |
| English Pub Date: | 2006 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0-330-44219-8 |
| Isbn Note: | (Eng. trans.) |
| Oclc: | 80331835 |
| Preceded By: | The Scent of the Night |
| Followed By: | The Patience of the Spider |
Rounding the Mark (orig. Italian Il giro di boa) is a 2003 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2006 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the seventh novel in the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series.[1]
Frustrated by his department's repressive handling of security for the G8 summit in Genoa, Montalbano seriously considers resigning. His attempt to unwind with a casual swim along the Sicilian seashore fails when he discovers a corpse in the water. The inspector's pursuit of the cause of death intersects with another mystery-the inquiry into a hit-and-run that claimed the life of a young boy who may have been victimized by human traffickers. When Montalbano realizes that he may have inadvertently aided the boy's victimizers, his internal turmoil intensifies.[2]