In these prequel episodes to the Detective Montalbano series, watch the genesis of the friendships, the rivalries and the romance as the players arrive and begin to work together in the imaginary Sicilian town of Vigata, created by novelist Andrea Camilleri.
A promotion brings young Detective Salvo Montalbano from a small mountain village to the city of Vigata. There he finds himself supervising a group of agents that include Carmine Fazio, many years his senior, and quirky Sicilian Catarella.
A bullet shot from outside a hotel kills a guest in his room on New Year's Eve. Montalbano learns that rooms were switched just before the shooting, which changes the tenor of the investigation.
Montalbano feels personally threatened by the arrival of Deputy Chief Mimi Augello. They investigate a kidnapping case together while Montalbano wonders whether his new colleague is friend or foe.
Livia convinces Salvo to take a seven-day vacation with her in Provence. Just as they're about to depart, Vigata is shaken by a murder and the ritualistic killing of some animals, all occurring on the same day at dawn.
