Publisher's Synopsis
In the lazy month of August, Inspector Montalbano and his girlfriend, Livia, prepare for a relaxing holiday in a villa he has found for them. It is, he assures her, far too hot for anything exciting to happen. But then Livia's friends' young son goes missing, and the couple stumble across a secret apartment and a grisly find in an old trunk, sparking a series of events sure to ruin the inspector's pleasant interlude.
