Cosimo Barletta, a businessman, was discovered deceased in his holiday home, a single gunshot wound to the head his cause of death. As Montalbano delves into the case, a series of unforeseen details emerge regarding Barletta’s life and the …

The discovery of the young woman in the apartment building foyer was a brutal one: she lay naked, her body bearing the unmistakable marks of a savage, sexually driven assault. Montalbano began his inquiry into the circumstances of her death…