A New York Times Bestseller -- An unidentified corpse has been found near Vigàta, a town known for its soil rich with potter's clay. Then a woman reports the disappearance of her husband, a Colombian man with Sicilian origins who is related to a local mobster. But Inspector Montalbano remembers the Bible story -- Judas's betrayal and the money for the potter's field, where those of unknown or foreign origin are to be buried -- and slowly finds his way to the solution to the crime.
