‘A ship with seven hundred migrants is coming into harbour, a lot of them children and injured . . . I’ll be out all night.’In Inspector Montalbano’s coastal town of Vigàta, all hands are on deck to help with a surge of migrants who have arrived by boat. At the heart of the action are the police – on the lookout for the people-smugglers responsible – and long night-shifts are rendering Inspector Montalbano and his officers exhausted. Then one night, a separate crime is committed. Elena, the dressmaker at the town’s famous tailor, has been found dead, mortally stabbed by her own scissors . . . Amidst the swell of desperate people seeking a better life in Italy, Inspector Montalbano finds himself trying to unravel the mystery of who murdered the dressmaker. But as he makes his enquiries, the Inspector can’t help but wonder what will happen if keeps tugging on this thread . . .