Publisher's Synopsis
Inspector Montalbano is sitting on his porch at dawn, when a seagull falls from the sky, performing a strange dance, before lying down to die. Perplexed by what he has witnessed, the scene hangs over him like an omen. About to depart for a holiday, Montalbano makes a quick trip to the police station to tie up loose ends. But when his dear colleague Fazio is discovered missing - and it transpires that the policeman had been involved in his own secret investigations - Montalbano instead launches a desperate search for his lost friend, as time begins to run out...
