María Antonia Menini

Commissioner Montalbano finds, while searching for a missing boy, the corpse of a young girl in a holiday villa... When a colleague extends his summer vacation, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is forced to stay in VigA ta and endure the August heat. Montalbanoas long-suffering girlfriend, Livia, joins him with a friendahusband and young son in towato keep her company during these dog days of summer. But when the boy suddenly disappears into a narrow shaft...