In the picturesque Tuscan hill town of Scandicci, the body of a girl is discovered. Scantily dressed, she is lying by the edge of the woods. The local police investigate the case - but after a week, they still haven't even identified her, let alone got to the bottom of how she died. Frustrated by the lack of progress, Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara, head of Florence's elite Squadra Mobile, decides to step in. Because toxins were discovered in the girl's body, many assumed that she died of a self-inflicted drugs overdose. But Ferrara quickly realises that the truth is darker than that: he believes that the girl was murdered. And when he delves deeper, there are many aspects to the case that convince Ferrara that the girl's death is part of a sinister conspiracy - a conspiracy that

Lover of a good bottle of local Rossi di Montalcino, smoker of Antico Toscano cigars - and head of Florence´s elite police force, the Squadra Mobile. With a rising murder rate and high levels of Mafia activity, Ferrara has an unenviable job. And when a spate of brutal murders hits Florence, Ferrara´s role becomes even more dangerous. It seems that a deadly serial killer is at work - killing one man in a shop selling religious artefacts, another in a quiet angiques showroom. Ferrara doesn´t understand what links the victims - but, with sick, teasing notes arriving him from the killer, he needs to solve the crime before he becomes the next victim...