Grasso laughs. "Superstitious nonsense."
A violent scirocco wind howls across the beach of Marinella. Salvo Montalbano, standing naked on his veranda after a swim, watches a small, wooden fishing boat smash against the rocks near the lighthouse. Inside, there is no body—only a single, perfectly sealed terracotta vase and a brand-new woman's shoe, size 36. Il Commissario Montalbano S01-15 -720p Ita--Mir...
For once, Grasso has nothing to say. Fazio handcuffs him. Grasso laughs
He asks Mimi' Augello to dig into Grasso's Rome alibi. Mimi' returns with a photograph: Grasso having dinner with a younger woman. Not his wife. His mistress—who, by coincidence, wears a size 36 shoe. Inside, there is no body—only a single, perfectly
That night, Montalbano has one of his famous, meal-induced epiphanies. He's eating a plate of pasta con le sarde prepared by Adelina. The bitter taste of wild fennel triggers a connection: betrayal, ancient rites, and the modern crime of construction fraud.
He returns to the necropolis at midnight with Fazio and a portable ultrasound device borrowed from the local hospital. Behind a false wall in tomb number seven, they find not gold, but a fresh concrete slab. Inside, wrapped in a tarp and sealed with a replica "Seal of the Fifth Moon" (placed there by Grasso as a sick, ironic gesture), is the body of Laura Patanè. She had discovered Grasso was using the ancient tombs as a dumping ground for toxic construction waste.