The lazy, slow month of August at the height of the Sicilian summer is, Inspector 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. But when Livia's friends' young son goes missing, a chain of events is sparked which will certainly ruin the Chief Inspector's pleasant interlude. Things are not going well for Inspector Montalbano.
His long-distance relationship with Livia is on the rocks, he feels himself getting even older and he's growing tired of the violence in his job. Then the dead body of a young woman is found in an illegal dump, with half her face missing.
Her identity at first unknown; a tattoo of a sphinx moth on her left shoulder links her with three other girls bearing the same mark, all recent Russian immigrants to Italy. Victims of an underworld sex trade, these girls have been rescued from the Mafia night-club circuit by a Catholic charity organization.
Inspector Montalbano rises one morning to find the carcass of a horse on the beach in front of his seaside home. But no sooner do his men arrive, than the body has mysteriously vanished, leaving only a track in the sand. Before long Rachele, a beguiling equestrian champion, turns up at police headquarters to report her horse missing. The horse had been stabled at the grounds of a certain Saverio Lo Duca, one of the richest men in Sicily.
Lo Duca has lost one of his own horses too. Montalbano, his curiosity piqued, investigates, but before long things take a more disturbing turn. Bearing all the marks of an execution style killing, it seems clear that this is, once again, the work of the notorious local mafia.
But who is the victim? Why was the body divided into thirty pieces? And what is the significance of the Potter's Field? The crew of a mysterious yacht, the Vanna, due to dock in the area have discovered a corpse floating in the water, the dead man's face badly disfigured.
It isn't long before Montalbano begins to become suspicious of the Vanna's inhabitants. Who is the yacht's owner, the glamorous and short-tempered Livia Giovannini?
How has she accrued her riches? And why does she spend so much time at sea? About to depart for a holiday with his girlfriend Livia, 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 has been involved in his own secret investigations — Montalbano instead launches a desperate search for his lost friend, as time begins to run out. A few days later, when a letter arrives containing a mysterious riddle, the Inspector becomes drawn into a perplexing treasure hunt set by an anonymous challenger. But when a horrifying crime is committed, the game must surely be laid aside.
And it isn't long before Montalbano himself will be in terrible danger. It soon becomes clear however that more links these privileged few than simply their lost possessions. When Montalbano comes to the aid of his new neighbour, Liliana Lombardo, after the engine of her car is interfered with, the inspector can little imagine where this innocuous event will lead. Montalbano investigates when a businessman is found shot dead in his holiday home. A man's body is found inside an industrial pipe on a building site.
Montalbano is called back to Vigata to investigate the murder of a year-old prostitute. A woman is attacked and robbed on her way home late at night. When a supermarket run by the Mafia is robbed, Montalbano uses unconventional methods. Montalbano investigates a bombing, but is soon confused by a series of disparate events.
Montalbano is attracted to a young bank manager who has been the victim of a burglary. A yacht docks at Vigata's harbour as a disfigured body is discovered at sea. A disturbed maniac is playing a macabre game of treasure hunt with the inspector. When Fazio goes missing, Montalbano mounts a frantic search to try and find him alive. A plastic bag containing a body cut into pieces is found in a clay field.
A distressed woman reports the disappearance of her brother, who is then found murdered. Montalbano is drawn into the world of horse racing when he finds a dead horse's carcass.
Montalbano investigates when the body of an unknown young woman is discovered on a beach. Montalbano discovers the body of a long-missing woman beneath Mimi's family home.
The death of a construction magnate leads back to a murder from two decades earlier. A young woman whose once-wealthy family has fallen on hard times is kidnapped. A man is found murdered in what appears to be the beginnings of a new Mafia war. Montalbano finds a decomposed body floating in the water during his morning swim. A series of muggings takes place, ending in tragedy when one of the victims is killed.
An investor disappears with people's savings, leading Montalbano to investigate. Top Top-rated. Photos Top cast Edit. Luigi Caruso Caruso as Caruso. Giovanni Guardiano Jacomuzzi as Jacomuzzi.
Aldo Messineo Enzo as Enzo. Raniela Ragonese Enzo's wife as Enzo's wife …. Marco Cavallaro Tortorella as Tortorella. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation Filmed in the ancient, sun-washed Sicilian city of Ragusa Ibla, the series is based on the international best-selling mystery novels by Andrea Camilleri and stars Luca Zingaretti.
Did you know Edit. Trivia Although he is a fan of the show, Montalbano creator Andrea Camilleri has openly stated that Luca Zingaretti 's characterization differs somewhat from how he had originally envisioned the character.
Camilleri poked fun at this in one of the books, where it's acknowledged that the TV series exists in the Montalbano universe. Specifically, Montalbano himself states that, unlike Zingaretti who's also 11 years younger , he has a full head of hair.
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