The lifeless body of a man is found in the construction site where the new water supply of Vigata is built. The commissioner, noting that the man was in his undershirt and underpants, immediately sensed that the victim must have been surprised by his murderer in the night while he slept, and that for this reason he had to live nearby. Montalbano and the faithful Fazio check the houses nearby, and after a short search find his home and identify him. It is Gerardo Nicotra, accounting officer of the same construction company, of the yard where he died. The commissioner immediately tries to get in touch with his German wife Inge, but there is no trace of her. Meanwhile, the journalist Lucia Gambardella, who for years has been fighting against rigged contracts in Vigata, informs the commissioner that his informant, a certain Saverio Piscopo, was almost murdered, because he wanted to denounce a huge round of malfeasance and corruption among the various construction companies in the province. Montalbano, after taking charge of the safety of Piscopo, continues to investigate the life of Nicotra. And after a series of misdirections and lies, he senses that the death of Nicotra and the wounding of Piscopo are connected by a large round of malaffare, concerning public tenders ....
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