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. Montalbano, his curiosity piqued, investigates, and before long things take a more disturbing turn
This translation originally published: New York: Penguin, 2010; London: Mantle, 2011