A second case for Commissario Stancato.Salvatore Carlettino is doomed to suffer a painful death from the moment he sets foot inside Damiano's house. He is seeking expert advice as to the edibility of rare mushrooms he has picked in the forest. Little does Salvatore suspect that Damiano has a sinister motive for exacting revenge on his unsuspecting visitor.A seemingly simple case of death by mushroom poisoning turns into a puzzling murder investigation. Beppe finds himself involved in a series of events which leave him convinced that he must delve into Salvatore's family history if he is ever to discover the truth. His overwhelming desire to solve the mystery of Salvatore's death leads him unwittingly into peril when he goes to interrogate his chief suspect.Set around the medieval hilltop towns of Abruzzo, the novel explores the invisible and often inexplicable forces of good and evil which govern our mortal lives.