The literary underworld is full of surprises. The ex-sergeant Pucci retired marshal will have to deal against his will with the inexplicable disappearance of the copies of the novel Tartare bread and sauce the last book of a provincial writer pretentious and vain intriguer and all her court of eccentric and amusing characters worthy of the best Italian comedy. However what that as usual looks like a poor and easy case it will turn into the search of a dangerous and fleeing assassin instead. Pucci will succeed in the enterprise in a windmill of amusing and unpredictable adventures. It is the Piedmontese province and the province (it is known) it is always rich in strangeness and mysteries... From the same author of A common case another amazing Italian thriller.