At a Dinner Party Given by His Parents-In-Law, Commissario Brunetti Meets Franca Marinello, the Wife of a Prosperous Venetian Businessman. He's Charmed - Perhaps Too Charmed, Suggests His Wife Paola - by Her Love of Virgil and Cicero, but Shocked by Her Appearance. a Few Days Later, Brunetti is Visited by Carabinieri Maggior Filippo Guarino From the Nearby City of Marghera. As Part of a Wider Investigation Into Mafia Takeovers of Businesses in the Region, Guarino Wants Information About the Owner of a Trucking Company Who Was Found Murdered in His Office. He Believes the Man's Death is Connected to the Illegal Transportation of Refuse - and More Sinister Material - in His Company's Trucks. No Stranger to Mutual Suspicion and Competition Between Rival Italian Police Departments, Brunetti is Nevertheless Puzzled by the Younger Man's Behaviour. Eventually Guarino Agrees to Email a Photo of His Suspect, but by the Time the Photograph Arrives, He Himself is Dead. Was He Killed Because He Go