In The Smell of the Night, a "financial wizard" entrusted with the savings of nearly half the retirees of Vigata mysteriously disappears with the money. Inspector Montalbano finds himself initially shut out of the investigation by the ever-hostile commissioner Bonetti-Alderighi, and forced to work from the shadows.

In The Smell of the Night, a "financial wizard" entrusted with the savings of nearly half the retirees of Vigata mysteriously disappears with the money. Inspector Montalbano finds himself initially shut out of the investigation by the ever-hostile commissioner Bonetti-Alderighi, and forced to work from the shadows.