"DETECTIVE MONTALBANO:" ""TURNING POINT"" "Detective!" "Someone wrote terrible things here last night!" "Who was it?" "I don´t personally know who wrote it!" "But Fazio called these guys early this morning to get rid of it all." " They just wrote "rotten cops"?" " No, murderers too!" "They wrote "murderers and rotten cops"." "Why are you so upset?" "Why?" "Detective!" "Because no one in this building is rotten or a murderer!" "Starting from you at the top to me." "And I don´t count for nothing!" "CatareIIa, don´t let it bother you." "Detective, they also wrote "horrible bastards"!" " really?" " smaller, but they wrote it." "We have to be patient." "Come on, guys!" "Get rid of it." "It´s Detective MontaIbano." "could I speak to the superintendent?" "I´m afraid he was summoned by the minister in Rome." "He´s due back the day after tomorrow." "I see." "please tell him I need to see him as soon as possible." "certainly, Detective." "Thanks." "What´s the matter?" "Everything alright with Beba?" "Beba´s fine." "She´s having a difficult pregnancy, but the doctor says not to worry." "Why do you want to see Bonetti AIderighi?" "Are you listening to my calls?" "I´m a detective and I want to speak to my superior." "Right." "But you can´t stand Bonetti AIderighi." "If he were a priest coming to absolve you on your death bed, you´d get up and kick him in the ass!" "I´m speaking Latin, alright?" "Speak how you want." "You want to see him because you want to resign." "Yes, Mimì." "I want to resign." "Did you read the report about the trial in the newspaper?" "The raid on that school, at the Diaz Barracks... and the false evidence wasn´t done by violent or ignorant outsiders." "It was the deputy prefect, the superintendent... the chiefs of the flying squad and their lot!" " You´re obsessed with Genoa!" " Yes, I´m obsessed!" "I understand you, salvo." "You feel betrayed by the institution you had the most faith in." "No, I don´t feel betrayed, I was betrayed!" "Like all the policemen who have always worked honestly!" "I´ve never used violence, not even with the worst criminal." "I´ve never dreamt of providing false evidence." "The worst thing is that before Genoa, it happened in naples... and the government was a different colour there." " So?" " filth is among us!" "really?" "Good on you, MontaIbano!" "If you want to leave, leave because you´re tired, because you have haemorrhoids, because you can´t think straight!" "But not because you feel betrayed!" "That would be an insult." " An insult to who?" " Me, for example!" "I may be a playboy, but I´m a good person." "And CatareIIa, he´s an angel." "Fazio, who´s a gentleman." "And to all those who work here at the Vigata station." "And to all those colleagues you admire and who care about you." "And to most of the people who work for the police and have faith in it!" "And have nothing to do with those low or high level bastards!" "You´re being unjust to us all by leaving!" "Think about it, MontaIbano." "Come on!" "Put your hands up!" "I can explain..." "silence!" "You´re a murderer, we´ve called the police." "You´II be in the hands of justice soon." " I´m not a murderer." " Don´t deny it!" "I´ve been watching you for two hours with the binoculars." "Listen, lady..." "Oh, my God!" "He´s naked!" "You´re dead!" "Are you crazy?" "Put that gun down!" " Shut up!" "Don´t move!" " Stop, police!" " Put the gun down!" " What if you´re with him?" "We´re policemen." "help!" "I have asthma, so the doctor told me I needed the sea air." "My daughter Zina who married... a sicilian... invited us to her husband´s house in MarineIIa." "Did you see Detective MontaIbano with the binoculars yesterday?" "Yes!" "I called my husband right away." "Why were you at the beach with your binoculars?" "We´re early risers." "There´s nothing for us to do here in sicily." "So we go to the beach." "Mr. Bausan, do you always carry that weapon?" "Me?" "No, I have no weapons!" "My cousin BortoIino lent me the gun." "You know, coming to sicily..." "Sorry, Iet me get this." "You reckon SiciIy is a dangerous place, where you need to carry a weapon?" "Of course!" "If law does not exist here, of course an honest tax-paying citizen will carry a weapon." "Fazio, it´s MontaIbano." "Are you at home?" "Can you talk?" "Yes, go ahead." "Listen, where´s the old man´s gun?" "I think he´s still got it, why?" "Does Mr. Bausan have a gun licence?" "I didn´t check." "I didn´t think of that." "Good!" "Or rather, not so good!" "Go to him now and check." "If he doesn´t have one, do what´s lawfully right." "We can´t have an old man who shoots anything that moves on the loose!" "I´II go right away." " Good morning, Detective MontaIbano." " Is the superintendent here?" "I´m afraid he´s not back from Rome." "He informed us this morning that he´s been held up by urgent business he must see to immediately." "Doctor Pasquano, good morning." "tell me something." "How come every time you´ve been so kind as to send me a body, you´ve broken my balls to have the results of the autopsy, but this time you didn´t care?" "What are you talking about?" "You´ve convinced yourself that man was a poor immigrant, one of the 500 bodies which are floating on the sicilian canal." "You´ve washed your hands of this, one more doesn´t matter." "No!" "Give me the time to get there." "A Iot´s happened this morning." "I saw you on the television." "They said you had a high audience rating." "congratulations!" "Thanks." "What´s all this about?" "Things aren´t how they seem." "First of all, the dead man is almost definitely italian." "First they killed him then threw him into the sea." "Why do you think it´s murder?" "That´s just what I think." "His body is covered in wounds caused by the rocks he repeatedly banged against." " There were no rocks." " Who knows where he came from!" "Then the crabs got him." "He has marks all over his body." "I found two dead crabs in his throat." "He has four symmetrical wounds which are perfectly round on his wrists and ankles." "That can only mean one thing." "That he was tied up." "Any other marks?" "A gun-shot wound on his left leg, from a few years back, maybe he had a slight limp." " How old do you think he was?" " About forty." " How long had he been in the water?" " About a week." "A week?" "Thanks, doctor." "If I´m late next time, I´II send you a telegram!" "No, send me a postcard with your photo." " alright." " Showing all your manly bits!" "I´II do that!" "Have a good day, Doctor Pasquano." " Good morning, Detective." " Fazio!" "Detective!" " What happened to your head?" " Nothing." "What?" "You told me to go see the couple from Treviso and I did." "Mr. Bausan doesn´t have a gun licence." "But he wouldn´t give me the gun!" "He said he had to give it back to the person who´d lent it to him." " So?" " The situation got out of control." "So Mrs. Bausan, his wife, hit me over the head with a broom." "That´s what happened!" "She´s a strong one!" "You know better than me." " Did you arrest Mr. Bausan?" " Of course!" "This way, his wife and him will learn that some laws exist in sicily too." "Not many, but some." "Sit down." "Right, the dead man I found in the sea might be italian and he didn´t drown by himself." "Murder?" "Pasquano had a look at him and said that." "He´s not usually wrong." "He was killed then thrown into the sea." "What do you want me to do?" "Ask for a report with his age, hair colour, height." " A photo as well." " What?" "Did you see the state of the body?" "He had a limp because he was shot in the leg." " He won´t be easy to identify." " Have a go." "Check the missing persons list, he´s been dead a week." "I´II have a go, but..." "Get to work." "Right away, Detective." "slow down!" "Start off wide, if you see anything unusual..." "hello, MontaIbano." "If you see anything unusual, move in closer." "Come here!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "I´II go, stay here." "Come out, I won´t hurt you." "Do you understand italian?" "Come with me." "I won´t hurt you, I´II take you to your mother." "will you come?" "Come on." "Come on." "Come on." "Let´s go." "KhaIid!" " Is she hurt?" " It´s broken." "Leave it to me." "calm down." "Lift her up." "careful." "Let the little ones in." "Ciccio!" "Detective, it´s you!" "I´II be right up." " Are you busy?" " No, Detective." "I´m never too busy for you." "I need you for about half an hour." "alright." "Guys, I´II be back in an hour." "alright, Ciccio." "May I?" "well?" "You had a good look at the body and all you can say is "I dunno"?" "It´s strange!" "I´ve seen plenty of drowned people." "But this one is..." "How long did the doctor say he´d been in the water?" " A week." " That´s what´s strange." "That body is in too good a state." "What do you mean?" "I´ve seen plenty of these poor men who try to come to italy and turn up here drowned." "When they hit against the rocks, sometimes their heads get knocked off, or their ribs are broken." " But this one..." " He only has superficial wounds." "exactly, and the water was rough last week." "Maybe he was out at sea where there weren´t any rocks." " Didn´t you find him in MarineIIa?" " Yeah." "The currents in MarineIIa go towards the lake or they run parallel to the coast." "If the outward bound currents had dragged the body away, you´d never have found it." "If it had ended up in the currents running along the coast, it wouId have been in pieces, with all those rocks." " Can I tell you something?" " Of course." "I thought of something." "First of all, they drowned him after they tied his arms and legs up." "That´s what Pasquano says as well." "Then they took the body and placed it in sea water, somewhere sheltered." "When they saw he was marinated to the right point, they threw him into the sea." "Why do you think they did it?" "They wanted it to look as if the body came from far away, that he was one of those poor men who drown in our seas." "And plenty of them drown, Iet me tell you." "Thanks, you´ve been helpful as usual." "I told you, I´ve always got time for you." " Goodbye." " Bye, thanks." "Fazio!" "Any news?" "I´m looking at the missing persons list for Vigata and MonteIusa." " Have you got the police file?" " Yes, here it is." "Age: around 40." "Height: 1 .84 m." "black hair, brown eyes." "WeII-buiIt." "Distinguishing features:" "an old scar under his right knee." " Might have had a limp." " That doesn´t help much." "No, Detective." "That´s why I did something." " What did you do?" " Seeing you can´t stand Arquà... ..I went to Forensics and asked my friend for a favour." "What?" "If he could give me a picture of how the dead man looked when he was alive, and give me the necessary tools for a profile." "I wouldn´t ask Arquà for a favour even if I was dying!" "Don´t worry, this is just between me and my friend." " What will you do in the meantime?" " I´II be a travelling salesman." "I´II go to all the towns along the coast, from east to west." " I´II call you if I find anything." " Keep me posted." "Of course." " May I?" " Yes, I´m here." "I´m Detective MontaIbano." "I need to see the doctor who was on the casualty ward yesterday." "Yesterday it was..." "Doctor MendoIia was there yesterday." " Can I speak to him?" " Come with me." " Thanks." " You´re welcome." "Doctor MendoIia?" "I´m Detective MontaIbano." "Good morning." "I´m looking for a North African woman who broke her ankle at the port yesterday in Vigata." "She has three children, the ambulance brought her here." "Lots of women were brought here from Vigata yesterday." "Most of them were dehydrated." "One woman was pregnant, there were some children..." "I don´t remember a woman with a fractured leg, Iet me check." "Yes, thanks." "I´m afraid there´s no patient with a fractured leg here." "What do you mean?" "There´s no record of it." "I saw her go into the ambulance to be taken to hospital." "I know, but I told you I didn´t remember her..." " Maybe she´s not listed." " Everyone´s listed in casualty." " Of course." " Everyone?" "alright, thanks." "Goodbye, Detective." "She´s not here." "Excuse me!" " Good morning." " I´m Detective MontaIbano." "Were you at the port yesterday when the immigrants arrived?" " Yes, I was." " Was there a lady with a broken leg?" " Yes." " Where did you take her?" "Here, to the casualty ward." "Bu her leg wasn´t broken." "She got up by herself." "With a bit of effort, but..." "Where did she go?" "I saw her go into the casualty ward." "Didn´t you accompany her?" "We left her here and went back to the port." "What´s the problem?" "She´s not on the casualty list." "She´s not?" "That´s impossible!" "Maybe a nurse treated her then she left." "I don´t know what to say." " alright, thanks." " No problem, goodbye." "They don´t know anything about her at the hospital." "The nurse was vague." "Her leg was broken, then it wasn´t, then he lost sight of her." "SaIvo..." "I reckon she fooled you all." "The nurse and the police." "Meaning?" "I think this is about a family reunion." "What do you mean?" "Think about it." "Let´s say this woman´s husband came here, found a job, maybe one on the books." "His first thought is to reunite the family." "But he doesn´t ask for a legal permit because he´d have to wait too long." "So he tries to find a shortcut." "He borrows some money and gives it to the boat men to pay for his wife to be illegally brought here." "When his wife and children arrive, do they go to a refugee shelter?" "No." "She pretends she´s injured and is taken to the casualty ward." "Why the casualty ward?" "In italy, there is no surveillance in casualty wards." "people walk in and out all the time." "AngeIino, come on!" "Won´t you bring the fish?" "Detective, forgive me for interrupting." "My son-in-Iaw caught them today." "Can you smell the sea?" " Great!" "How will you cook them?" " "Aquapazza" style." "Cherry tomatoes, sea water and a handful of capers." "Or I can bake them in the oven on a bed of roast potatoes." "I´d like mine boiled so I can taste the sea." "As you Iike." "And you, Mr. Zito?" "I´d like the potatoes, for my ulcer." " Your wish is our command." " Thanks." "By the way, I need to ask you a favour." "I have a journalist friend, he´s a freelance reporter." "He´s good, he´s done investigations on the mafia and on the arms trade." "Now he´s dealing with illegal immigrants and he wants to meet you." "His name´s Sozio MeIato." "He has a strange name but he´s a good man." "alright, tell him to come to the station." "Thanks." "There´s one more thing I want to ask you." "My friend, why do you care so much about these unfortunate people?" "Why?" "Because they´re unfortunate." "My father used to tell me that when he was young, signs in the bars in Stuttgart read "Dogs and SiciIians not allowed."" "We used to be the unfortunate ones." "It´s just that now we´ve forgotten." "Do you get me?" "There´s something fishy about all this." "What?" "Hi, did you call?" "What´s up?" "I just wanted to know how you were." "Come on, salvo!" "What´s up?" "I know you too well." "No, really..." "I can´t remember what I wanted to say." "It can´t have been important." "I know something´s up." "tell me, come on." "It´s a Iong story." "Go ahead, I´m listening." "well..." "I went to the port in Vigata today to see Ciccio AIbanese." "Some illegal immigrants had arrived on a boat." "At one point, something happened which made me think." "There was a woman and one of her three children escaped." " You find that strange?" " Yes, why would he want to escape?" "I don´t know, maybe he just panicked in that situation." "No, I don´t think so." "A child who is panicking would stay close to his mom." "That´s true." "So let me get this." "You think he took advantage of the chaotic situation to run away from his mother and three brothers?" "If things went as you described, yes." " Why would he run away?" " I don´t know." "Maybe he doesn´t want to see his father." "So he´d rather be alone in a country he doesn´t know, with no money, without knowing anyone, with nothing?" "He must have been 8 or 9." "Those children are already men." "They grow up quickly with war, fear and starvation." "That´s true too." "I don´t know..." "Let´s sleep on it." "Goodnight." " CatareIIa, what are you doing?" " I found him!" "I did the "indentification"!" "The "indentifcation" Fazio asked me to do, the drowned "floater" you found when you were swimming." "well?" "Fazio´s friend who works for Arquà got me the material for the reconstruction and I did the "indentification"!" " Good!" "Let´s have a look." " Excuse me, can you tell me too?" "I was telling the detective that with Fazio´s drawings" "I used the computer to reconstruct the "indentification"." "Look!" "while I found this report in the criminal files." "They´re the spitting image of each other!" "Yes, they look alike." "But it´s not the same person." "Sorry, Detective." "You need to consider a consideration." "That big image isn´t a photo, but a photo of a drawing of how the person looked when dead." " The drawing could be incorrect." " It´s not the same person." "Mimì, shut up!" "You did a good job, CatareIIa." "Now go, I have work to do." "Mimì, do we know anyone at the Cosenza station?" "Yes, Detective Vattiato." "A bastard." "It´s not the same person?" "Mimì, go do some work!" "call the Cosenza station." "I want to speak to Detective Vattiato." " Detective Battiato?" " No, Vattiato." "Right away, Detective." "Ernesto Errera, 45 years old." "On the run for two years, theft, fraud, extortion, armed robbery." "hello?" "Vattiato speaking." "Good morning." "I´m Detective MontaIbano from Vigata." "What´s the problem?" "tell me." "well... we may have found a criminal you´re after." "His name´s Ernesto Errera." "really?" "well done!" "You arrested him?" "No, I think you misunderstood." "I meant to say that we may have found" "Errera´s body." "You found his body?" "Good work!" "You´ve done a great job!" "That´s incredible!" "Are you being funny?" "This news is a bit funny." "Errera´s been dead and buried for one year." "His wife requested him to be buried in our cemetery." " He died a year ago?" " Yes." " You´re sure?" " Positive." "You should get rid of his file then!" "We informed the police records department, but they haven´t done their job!" "alright, I see!" "Thanks, goodbye." "You were right, Vattiato really is a bastard." " I told you." " I called him..." " An African boy..." " Turn it up." "..has died after being involved in a hit and run accident." "The accident was on the road which goes from MonteIusa and Montechiaro." "The only witness was a farmer who called for help immediately." "Where are you going?" "Did you know him?" "Excuse me." "Are you Detective MontaIbano?" "I saw you in the morgue earlier." "I saw that kid." "Where?" "When?" "I saw him the other day when he was still alive." "The casualties from the port were being brought in and I was called in to be on duty." "So I came..." "As soon as I arrived, I saw a woman leaving the casualty ward with three kids." "One of those kids was the dead one." "She stopped in front of a car who picked them all up, her and the kids." "Was the car coming from casualty or from the other direction?" "I didn´t see." "How many people were in the car?" "Before the four of them got in, there was just the driver." "Do you remember what he looked like?" "No, Detective." "He wasn´t black." "There´s something I have to tell you." "The boy, the dead one, tried to run away." "When the mother made the kids get in the car, he looked around and started running, so his mother screamed." "The driver chased him, caught him and forced him back into the car." " Did you get the number plate?" " No, Detective." "alright, thanks." "Goodbye, Detective." "Excuse me!" "I´m a police Detective." "I thought so." " Did you put those flowers there?" " Yes, sir." " Did you know the boy?" " No, never seen him." "Why the flowers then?" "He was a boy, not an animal." "Right." "Did you see the accident?" "Yes and no." "What do you mean?" "Come in, follow me." "Come in." "Come here." "This morning, I was standing right here." "I was watching my animals." "AII of a sudden, I heard a voice which sounded desperate." "I Iooked up and saw a boy who came running out over there." "When he got to where the gate is," "I heard a car coming very fast down the road." "The boy looked round to the car." "And he tried to run towards the barns." "The car swerved and started chasing him." "Then I couldn´t see anymore." "But I heard a sort of bang." "Then the car reversed, went back onto the road and disappeared round that bend." " Was there another car?" " No, just one." "You said it swerved to chase the boy?" "I don´t know if they swerved on purpose." "But they swerved!" "Did you get the number plate?" "Of course not!" "How do you think I couId see that from here?" "Then what did you do?" "I ran in that direction." "When I got there, I saw straight away that the boy was dead... or he was dying." "So I went to my house to call the police station." " Did you tell this to the police?" " No." " Why not?" " Because they never asked me!" "I´m asking you very clearly." "You think they did it on purpose?" "CouIdn´t the car have swerved because it hit a rock?" "I don´t know." "It could be, but what do you think?" "I don´t think, Detective." "I don´t think anymore." "The world has become a horrible place." "Detective!" "What is it?" "I got some information on the nurse who picked up the woman and the boy." "His name´s Gaetano MarziIIa, he´s married." "His wife inherited a second-hand shop from one of her great-uncIes." "But business wasn´t good." "Last year the shop burnt down." " Arson?" " Yes." "It seems MarziIIa didn´t want to pay protection money anymore, but no luck." "The shop wasn´t insured." "He and his wife are in serious debt because of that shop." "Business is bad and the rumours are the moneylenders are after him." "MoneyIenders?" "I have to speak to MarziIIa as soon as possible." "What should we do?" "We can´t arrest him." "Who talked about arresting him?" "Ingrid!" "Me?" "It´s me." "What´s going on, salvo?" "What are you wearing?" "I´II explain, come on." " Where are we going?" " Here." " Do you Iike this one?" " Yes." "The wood looks good quality." "It can take a few knocks." "She´s coming." " May I help you?" " Our friend is getting married." "EmiIio and I would Iike to give her a nice present." " Can we have a look round?" " Of course." "This looks good." "call her back and ask her how much it costs." "Excuse me." "EmiIio and I would Iike to know the price of this one." "It costs 4,000 euros." "But I can give you a discount." "4,000 euros for this one?" "Can we saw it in half before we buy it?" "What?" "Saw it in half!" "To see what it´s like inside." "No?" "well..." "Maybe we should have a think about it." "alright, goodbye." "We can´t buy it without seeing it." "She´s understood what she needs to, we can go." "Excuse me for coming, but my wife recognized you..." "Sit down." "You came to our shop today..." "I´II do the talking so we won´t waste time." "The other day at the port, you knew a woman was coming with three children and she would pretend to fall and hurt herself." "You had to pick her up in the ambulance and take them to the MonteIusa hospital." "Right?" "Say yes or no." " Yes." " Good." "When you got to the hospital you had to leave them at the entrance without accompanying them in." " Right?" " Yes." "Is the ambulance driver your accomplice?" " Yes, I pay him 1 00 each time." " How many times have you done this?" "Twice." "Were there always children with the adults?" "Yes." "Where do you sit during these journeys?" "It depends." "Next to the driver or in the back with the passengers." " What about this time?" " I was in the front for a bit." "Then you sat in the back?" " Yes." " Why?" "You can´t tell me?" "I will then." "You had to go into the back because the oldest boy started screaming that he wanted to get out, right?" "So what did you give him?" "A sedative, sleeping pills?" "I didn´t do anything to the boy..." "What did you do, you bastard?" "I injected him with a sedative." " Who held the boy?" " The woman." " What were the other boys doing?" " Crying." "Was the boy you gave the injection to crying as well?" "No, he wasn´t." "What was he doing?" "He bit his lips till they bled." "I´II tell you why you got scared." "When your wife told you I´d been to the shop, you found out that the boy you gave the injection to was killed like a dog, right?" "So you got scared, because you´re a smaII-time criminal." "You´re not brave enough to be an accomplice to murder." "Now you can talk." "I´II save you some breath by telling you I already know that you have many debts and that you´re in trouble with some moneyIenders." "That´s true." "The banks would no Ionger give me credit." "So in order not to lose everything, I went to see a man." "He lent me some money, but that´s when my troubles began." "I couldn´t keep up with the interest payments so he made a deal with me." " What´s his name?" " I´m scared, Detective." " He´II kill me and my wife." " What was the deal?" "He said he wanted to help some immigrant families." "The husbands had found work but couldn´t bring their families because they had no permits." "In exchange for my help, he said he´d deduct some interest." "The first time everything went well." "It was an old man and two children." "But the second time, the oldest child rebelled." "You have to believe me, I..." "I can´t sleep over this." "The other morning, this man told me he wouldn´t make any deductions because it went wrong." ""Damaged goods", that´s what he said." "Then I saw the news about the dead boy and I realized what he´d meant when he said the goods were damaged." "The name of this... this so-caIIed "person", you really can´t tell me?" "It´s not that I don´t want to, I can´t." " You know I can arrest you?" " Yes." "That would be a tragedy for you." "You´d lose your job at the hospital." "Your wife would have to sell the shop." "So if you have any sense left, do as I say." "Inform me when that man calls you." " will you keep me out of it?" " I can´t promise that." "But I can limit the damages, you have my word." "Now get lost." "Get lost." "CatareIIa!" " Yes, sir!" " What does this say?" " "MarziIIa"." " Put it by the phone on the computer." "When he calls, Iet me speak to him, even if I´m in Afghanistan!" "Don´t worry." "When he calls, I´II put you through, wherever you are!" " What´s this?" " I went through all the files." "I lost my eyesight, my eyes are flickering now." "There´s no other man who looks like the "floating" body." "The only one is Errera." "I see, but Errera is dead..." "Detective, can´t it be that it really is Errera?" "Cosenza told us that Errera died a year ago." "I know, Detective." "But it could be that the body came back to life to die once again by drowning." " You want to give me a headache?" " Not at all, Detective!" "But seeing he was living... then he was dying..." "then drowning." " Detective." " well?" "I have some news." "The keeper down there recognized the man in our profile." "He told me that three months ago, on the road up there, he saw a car which had engine trouble." "The car stopped near him and the man in the photo got out." "He´d run out of petrol." "The keeper went to get him some at the petrol station in Montechiaro." "He came back with a full tank and the man gave him 1 00 euros." " 1 00 euro?" " Yes, sir." " Did he see where he was from?" " No, he´d never seen him before." "Then he came down here to the tuna factory." "It´s been abandoned for 50 years but it´s still standing." "I had a look round, but there´s nothing of interest." "What should I do?" " What do you want to do?" " shall I continue or stop?" "No, there´s point wasting time." "Go back to Vigata." "alright." "Are you coming?" "Yes, but you go ahead in the meantime." "Go on." "If you have a minute, I have some information about that tuna factory." "Oh, yes." "Come in." "It had several owners after the war." "The last owners were an ItaIian-American family." " ItaIian-American?" " They emigrated from Montechiaro." "They bought it to turn it into a hotel." "They went there a few times, but they weren´t seen again..." " What´s up?" " Did you bring the post in?" " Yes." " Are you sure?" " This one too?" " I personally put it there." "Come with me." "May I?" "CatareIIa." "tell Mr. AugeIIo what you told me about Errera´s death." "Yes, sir." "I told the detective that perhaps it was possible that the body came back to life and then died again by drowning." " Thanks, you can go." " certainly, sir." "You need to get some rest." "You´re listening to his nonsense?" "The living dead?" "Read this!" "It was sent anonymously from Cosenza." "When the body was found it was unrecognisable." "only the wedding ring and papers made identification possible." " What does that mean?" " That the body buried in Cosenza... ..maybe isn´t Ernesto Errera´s." "SaIvo, Vattiato´s a bastard!" "He sent this to make us investigate and then laugh at us." "Me, you and the whole station!" "Mimì, do me a favour..." "Fuck off!" "I still don´t think Errera is your man." "I won´t say he is just to please you!" " You won´t?" " I won´t!" " Detective!" " What´s the matter?" "Headquarters called about Bonetti AIderighi..." "I don´t want to speak to him!" "Make up an excuse." "Great!" "You don´t want to resign anymore!" "Mimì, please do me a favour!" "Mind your own damn business!" "Come in." "Ingrid, why are you here?" "What?" "We had an appointment, remember?" "You promised to take me to dinner tonight." "Good heavens, I´m sorry!" "I completely forgot." " Great, salvo!" " How embarrassing!" "Why have you got a photo of Ninì?" "You know him?" "Ninì Lococo, we were lovers for about six weeks." "Then I Ieft him and he disappeared." "You were..." "Sit down." "You were lovers for six weeks?" " You´re sure that´s him?" " Yes, it´s Ninì." "When did you meet him?" "About two months ago." "Why did you leave him?" "There was something I didn´t like about him." " Right, what was his job?" " He was in charge of an oil rig." "Then he inherited some money and gave it up." "When I met him, he wasn´t working." " Where did you used to meet?" " At the tuna factory." "Right." "Did you always meet there?" "Excuse me, salvo." "Is this an interview?" "Can´t we carry on after dinner?" "Let´s go." " What would you Iike to eat?" " Pasta with sardines." "I can make that, Iet´s go to my place." "He didn´t tell me where he was from." "He just told me that he was married to a girl from Catanzaro." "But she died two years after their wedding." "You´re sure he said Catanzaro and not Cosenza?" "actually, you´re right, he said Cosenza." "How do you know?" "You always do that when you get the answer you want?" "Of course, especially if it´s a man!" "tell me, did Ninì have a limp?" "Not always, when the weather was bad." "But you hardly noticed, he had a problem with his left leg." "Did you always meet at the tuna factory?" "Yes, always in the evening." "We never met anywhere else." "He didn´t want to be seen." "That bothered me a bit." "I would go there with my car." "He´d wait at the entrance." "When I was in, he´d close the gate, then we´d go upstairs where he´d prepared two rooms." " One was a bedroom." " You saw the rest of the factory?" "No." "Ninì said the factory was dangerous and was liable to collapse." " Then what would you do?" " Nothing." "We´d get undressed and start making love." "When we´d finished... we´d smoke a cigarette together without saying a word." "We had nothing to say to each other." "Ninì was... paranoid." "Every time he turned the lights on, he´d check the shutters and close the curtains." "AII the windows had bars on them." "It felt like a prison." "Sometimes he´d get up and go and talk on the radio." "He said the radio kept him company when he was sailing." "He´d become a radio fan." "He had some large equipment in the room next door." " could you hear what he said?" " I couldn´t understand a word." "It sounded like Arabic or something like that." "After a while, I´d get dressed and leave." "Listen, think before you reply." "When you were at the factory, did you hear... noises, sounds, an engine arriving, or boats leaving?" "No." "As far as I know, the factory was abandoned." "There´s one more thing." "Ninì had two cell phones, one was a satellite one." "When he´d turn them on again, he´d get called straight away." " Did he always speak Arabic?" " No, sometimes italian." "But then he´d go into the next room." "Ninì´s dead, isn´t he?" "Yes." "What´s the matter?" "Nothing." "Thanks." "Can I stay here with you?" " I don´t feel like going home." " Sure, no problem." "Detective, it´s MarziIIa." "I need to see you." "I´II see you at the station in half an hour." "Someone might see me." "I´m outside, Iet me in." "You´re outside?" "Give me a minute." "Come in." "Sit down over there." " I´m scared to death." " Keep your voice down." " Is someone here?" " No, the neighbours might hear us." " There´s a boat arriving?" " Yes, more than one." " The day after tomorrow, maybe." " Where?" "They didn´t tell me." " Why are you scared?" " Because that man told me." "He told me to go to Capo RusseIIo at around ten thirty to pick up some people and take them to where they tell me." "I tried to refuse, but he threatened to kill me." "What should I do?" " Do it." "will you go in your car?" " No, they´II bring me one." "When you get it, call me and give me the number plate." "Now get lost." "Hi." "Good morning." "Did you sleep well?" "Yes." "I´m going out, but I´m going to need you tonight." "Can you be here tonight at about nine?" "Tonight at nine?" "What for?" "I´II tell you later." "Don´t come with your car, it´II get noticed." " Is your husband´s car fast?" " Yes." " What colour is it?" " Grey." "Come with that one." "See you later." "Hi, Mimì!" "Excuse me for barging in but I have something to tell you." "I managed to give a name to the body I found in the sea." "really?" "He was known as Ninì Lococo." "You did a good job following up the lead on the tuna factory." "He said he was in charge of an oil rig." "What was his real name?" "holy mother, it´s..." "Like the one from Cosenza." "No, not Iike him..." "it´s the same person!" "I´m sorry, Mimì." "But CatareIIa was right." "tell me how you came to this conclusion." "Maybe one day I´II tell you!" "Goodbye, Mimì." "Detective, Pontius PiIate is here." " Who?" " Pontius PiIate." " Who´s that?" " He called to say he´s on his way." "I´m sorry, I forgot." "With the "indentification"..." " Right!" "Is he in there?" " I let him into your office." " ShouIdn´t I have?" " No, you did well to." "Good morning, Mr. PiIate." "Sozio MeIato, Detective." "I´m sorry." "CatareIIa gets names mixed up." "Have a seat." "Thanks." "tell me." "I asked our friend Zito to introduce me to you because I have some information which may be of interest to you." "Zito said you´re doing a report on illegal immigrants." " On one aspect in particular." " Which is?" "The trade of immigrant children." "As you know, every year in italy, thousands of illegal immigrant children arrive." "Hundreds of them disappear once they get here." "criminal organizations deal with the trade." "These children are worth a Iot." "They are used in the begging business, or sold for illegal adoptions, or sold... to paedophiles." "And higher up the scale of horrors, the healthier ones provide organs for transplants." "Why have you come to see me?" "well..." "I came to see you... because... about a month ago," "right here in Vigata, on his way back from Lampedusa," "Baddar Gafsa was seen." " Who?" " Baddar Gafsa." "He´s Tunisian." "He´s the undisputed boss of this organization." "He´s 30 years old, with a big scar on his face, and he runs his trade with a fleet of fishing boats and about fifty killers." "Why would he come to Vigata?" "He came to Vigata because... he has a sorting base here." "This is what my informers told me." "I hope it´s correct." "He has a sorting base where he takes valuable immigrants, children, informers, terrorists, before sending them off to their final destinations." "well, according to what I´ve been told, this base was run by an italian man before Gafsa became head of the organization." "The Tunisian man left him in charge for a while." "Then Gafsa arrived because the italian didn´t follow orders." "He got rid of him." "You know who the italian man is?" "No, but I know what Gafsa´s men called him." " What?" " The "dead" man." ""Dead" man?" "Turn your lights off and get out!" "please!" "Don Pepè, what do you want?" "I did as you said!" "He´s scared to death!" "Don´t kill me, Don Pepè!" "Don Pepè AgugIia is blackmailing him." "Who?" "The constructor?" "Look at me, you swine!" "Look at me, I´m MontaIbano." "It´s you!" "Why did you follow me?" " Just because!" "Get up." " What do you want?" "What language did those two men speak?" "It sounded like Arabic." " Can you describe them?" " only one of them." "The one who was giving me directions had a scar on his face." "A scar?" "Get in the car and go home." "The illegal immigrants are taken to the tuna factory while they wait to be sent to their final destinations." "Errera and Lococo were in charge of this base." "When Errera got too big for his boots," "Gafsa had him killed, soaked him in water then threw him into the sea." "What about the boy?" "The boy..." "I don´t know how, but the boy... probably realized he would come to a terrible end." "So he tried to escape twice." "The first time, when he´d just arrived, I stopped him." "The second time was at the factory." "At that point, they found him, ran him over and killed him." "Any more questions?" "We have to think about what we´re going to do." "If MarziIIa´s information is correct, there´s a boat arriving tomorrow." "If Gafsa´s here it means there´s something for him." "We have to be there when the boat arrives." "We have all the information about the factory and its surroundings?" "What´s there to know?" "Fazio and I have been there." "I want to check the place too." " If you´re seen, you´II ruin it." " I´II go with Beba." "I´II take her for a walk along the beach and I´II have a look." "They won´t worry about a man walking with a pregnant woman!" " Be careful." " I´II be back around five." "Ask the Harbour Office if any boats are due in tomorrow." "I want everyone there." "TortoreIIa, GaIIuzzo, Spata and Caruso." "You´II be in charge." "Won´t you be there?" "You´II be on land and I´II be coming from the sea." "So if anyone tries to escape, I´II stop them." "AugeIIo´s in charge of the team, I´m coming with you." " Detective, this time..." " No, it´s an order." "As you wish." "Come in." " You took your time!" " Yes, but I have something for you." " What?" " First of all, these." "Has anyone been in touch?" "No, they want to give the impression that it´s abandoned." "But can you see the chain?" "It´s weII-greased." "So someone´s going in and out." "Let´s talk about the boats." "My friend at the Harbour Office says they´ve spotted four boats heading for Seccagrande, Capobianco, Manfia and FeIa, all of them full of passengers." "Therefore no transfers, they can only follow them to pick up any survivors, in case something goes wrong." " Don´t you get it?" " What?" "These boats are a distraction, just to make a show." "Seccagrande and Capobianco are to the west of the factory." "FeIa are Manfia are on the east side." "The coastline in front of the factory won´t be under surveillance." "Fazio, can you hear me?" "Over." "Yes, Detective." "Over." "The fishing boat is close, be ready." "Fazio, the fishing boat´s arrived." "It´s docking." "We´re ready." "Don´t move!" "Don´t move!" "I´II sort him out." "Get down everyone!" "police, put your hands up!" "Spata, go to the boat!" "GaIIuzzo, go and check!" "Jesus..." "Detective!" "See to the children." "well..." "you don´t want to keep it?" "No, I don´t need it." " There´s no phone here." " exactly." "What are you going to tell them at the office?" " That I don´t know where you are." " Right." " When shall I come and get you?" " In a week." "Make sure you don´t say a word to anyone." "Don´t worry." " shall I go then?" " Go on." "Thanks." "Just doing my job." "Detective, what a pleasure!" "I´m honoured!" "Mr. PrestifiIippo!" "I prepared the house just how it was when your good father was alive." "He always came here to see me." "The house has remained intact." "It´s how it was when you were little, before he went to hospital." "He came to see me and said," ""Mr. Prestifilippo, in this peaceful paradise," "I could die looking death in the face without being frightened."" "That´s what he said." "Detective, do you still wear your father´s watch?" " Yes, here it is." " Great, you should be honoured." "Your father deserves to be remembered." "Detective, that´s my house." "I´m always at your disposition." "Whenever you need me, just call "PrestifiIippo!"... and I´II be there like a shot." "Take care, Detective." "God bless you."