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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.

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. Il Commissario Montalbano S01-15 -720p Ita--Mir...

Montalbano leans back, lights a cigarette, and exhales slowly. "You're right, Ingrese' (engineer). But you forgot one thing. In the ancient ritual, the anima rinserrata can only be freed if the betrayer's name is whispered into the vase at dawn, facing the sea." A violent scirocco wind howls across the beach of Marinella

Montalbano interviews Grasso in his glass-and-steel office overlooking the construction site. Grasso is too calm. He offers coffee, he offers a bribe disguised as a "donation to the police fund," and he offers an alibi: he was in Rome the night his wife disappeared. Montalbano accepts the coffee, refuses the bribe, and pockets a business card he finds under the saucer. He asks Mimi' Augello to dig into Grasso's Rome alibi