A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Before leaving for vacation with Livia, Inspector Montalbano watches a seagull do an odd dance on the beach before suddenly dropping dead. Stopping in at the office, he notices that Fazio is nowhere to be found and learns that he was on the docks, secretly working on a case. Montalbano sets out to find him and discovers that the seagull's dance of death may provide the key to understanding a macabre world of sadism, extortion and murder.
