The small shop’s destruction was no accident; it was arson. Its owner had vanished, leaving no trace. Montalbano began his investigation, but his attention was also drawn to a series of unsettling incidents: reports of women being taken, on…

She vanished without a trace. Her sister informed Montalbano that a recent love had blossomed in her life, and so the investigation began with the woman's lover. He was a man of quiet demeanor, easily bewildered by her sudden absence, and u…