Harbor wind, mélange, and gelato: The crime scene of Trieste, the city of coffee houses, legends, and poets, a city on the golden Adriatic coast, once an imperial port, a gateway to the world, and a melting pot of cultures. In the winding streets, there is Italian joie de vivre, Dolce Vita, and southern temperament—then again, magnificent buildings from the Austro-Hungarian era, nostalgic melancholy, and the looming, icy Bora from the Karst. Diverse, much-sung, admired, and longed-for Trieste! What could disturb this idyll? A murder, of course! A fateful discovery: Are they the legendary gold coins from Castle Miramare? Gold coins are found in a marble quarry. The Trieste rumor mill is churning: Many suspect these are the coins that Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico allegedly minted shortly before his death in the 19th century and brought to Castle Miramare.