Montalbano must solve two intricate cases: the disappearance of a merchant who apparently refused to pay for lace and a series of mysterious sequestrations. An antiques shop has been the subject of arson and Marcello Di Carlo, the owner of the store, a mature spendboy playboy, has disappeared. Montalbano begins to investigate, but the mystery of this disappearance seems to become increasingly elusive. At the same time something very strange happens: a kidnapper stops some girls with deception, seizes them for a few hours and then releases them to the countryside without making them violent or robbing them. These abduction-flashes seem incomprehensible but Montalbano understands that the two apparently very different cases are in fact linked, and above all realizes that to come to the head of this complex investigation will have to find out who is the last flame of the trader (Daniela), the girl with whom he recently spent a holiday in the Canaries and who has not presented to anyone. Besides discovering her identity she must also find out where she is and if something has not happened to her. The investigations are complicated by a series of misunderstandings and the same commissioner is likely to follow a wrong track prepared with care by the assassin but, as usual, will not fail to live up to his reputation.
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