Maestro Andrea Camilleri’s limitless imagination and typical Sicilian setting come back to life in the words of Maurizio De Giovanni, the author of the internationally bestselling Commissario Ricciardi series.

A new interpretation of the siren myth set in Vigàta, the imaginary Sicilian town inspired by Camilleri’s birthplace and centre of the events surrounding Inspector Montalbano: an imaginary, Homeric island inhabited by fishermen and sea creatures, where myth and history, but also art, architecture and astrology are intertwined.

Vigàta, January 1890. Gnazio returns from America after an absence of twenty-five years. The elderly Pina, an expert in herbs and healing, finds him a wife, Maruzza Musumeci, who is very beautiful. Strange that this young woman hadn’t yet found a husband. Could it be because of her quirks?

Maruzza is a siren and sirens are not fish with lipstick. They are alluring women who live among men. They inhabit the same locations, but not the same time. They come from millennial depths: they are either too old or too young, beyond life and death. They have a long view of the past and cultivate memories.