Atmospheric, sensual, thrilling - the perfect summer crime novel from Italy. On the early morning of the third day of the festival in honor of Santu Paulu, the patron saint of the small town of Galatina in Apulia, a body is found in the chapel of the saint: Nicolà Capone, the most successful young Pizzica musician from Salento, who had just performed to great acclaim two days earlier. The grumpy Commissioner Cozzoli, who is currently testifying in an anti-mafia trial in Milan, rushes back and encounters Elena Eschenburg. The Hamburg journalist, who has just settled in Apulia to start a new life, had accompanied the musician in the days leading up to his death for a report. Together, they begin to investigate; their inquiries take them to picturesque towns and ancient stone villages, to Nicolà's family and his admirers. They encounter silence and stillness.