L’età del dubbio / The age of doubt

The day after a storm floods Vigàta, Inspector Montalbano encounters a strange, bedraggled woman who expresses interest in a certain yacht scheduled to dock that afternoon. Not long after she’s gone, the crew of the yacht reports having found a dinghy in the port, and within it, a disfigured corpse. Also at anchor is an eighty-fivefoot luxury boat with a somewhat shady crew. Both boats will have to stay in Vigàta until the investigation is over – the unidentified man was poisoned, it seems. Based on the information – and misinformation – the mysterious woman shared with him, Montalbano begins to think the occupants of the yacht just might know a little more about the man’s death than they’re letting on.