Based on the novel by the Italian writer and screenwriter Andrea Camilleri, the intriguing crime series, "Detective Montalbano", is now available in a DVD collection in the United States. Edited by the American distributor MHZ Networks, the episodes of the successful tv movie starring the Sicilian detective Salvo Montalbano keep their appealing fascination even overseas. The ancient, sunwashed Sicilian province of Ragusa, the breathtaking surrounding countryside, but most of all Montalbano's personal war against his professional ideals, his commitment to his beautiful long-distance girlfriend and his constant flirtation with the ultimate temptress, Italian cuisine, make this crime series one of the best product of contemporary Italian fiction.