Sartarelli je oceňovaný prekladateľ, ktorý sa špecializuje na taliansku literatúru. Jeho preklady rozsiahlej série detektívnych románov si získali značnú popularitu v anglicky hovoriacom svete. Sartarelliho práca umožňuje čitateľom prístup k napínavým príbehom a jedinečnému štýlu, čím premostí kultúrne rozdiely. Jeho literárny prínos spočíva v sprístupňovaní medzinárodných diel širšiemu publiku.
A young Don Juan is found murdered in front of his apartment - and, at the same time, an elderly couple is reported missing after an excursion to the ancient site of Tindari. But as Inspector Montalbano discovers, these two seemingly unrelated cases lead him down a path more evil and far-reaching than he has been down before.
Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer.
The lazy, slow month of August at the height of the Sicilian summer is, Montalbano assures his girlfriend Livia as they prepare for a relaxing holiday in a villa he has found for them, far too hot for any murders to be committed.
Inspector Montalbano makes his first appearance in this bestselling, award-winning series.