Rocco is back in Aosta, now completely alone: Sebastiano is under house arrest, Furio and Brizio have disappeared, and Caterina has turned out to be a spy. The only one he has left is Marina, who comes back from time to time to keep him company, and his young neighbor Gabriele. And then, of course, there’s his work.
In Valpelline, at 1,400 meters above sea level, the priest Donato Brocherel has been found dead. Rocco, struggling with his own profound malaise, pretends to have a fever and sends his team to the crime scene in his place.
