The second chapter of the Marshal Buratta series, who, after the 'Villa of Horrors,' embarks on a new investigation. Still in the deep Maremma, still in the small village, with the ever-present Fusi and Pieroni and his wife on vacation, our Marshal will have to deal with the disappearance of Mauro, the owner of the village's Baroccio. A disappearance that brings with it more than one mystery involving many unsuspecting people and is lost in the recent past.