In Italian with English subtitles. Police chief Luca Manara arrives from Milan, leaving a trail of broken hearts behind. Not entirely behind, however. An old girlfriend from the police academy, Lara, has also moved to town and is joining the department.

In Italian with English subtitles. A homeless man is found dead along a highway, and there's a dead body in the trunk of the car that ran the homeless man over. It takes the combined efforts of Inspector Manara and Lara, plus the simple listening skills of Lara's Aunt Catarina, to crack the case.

In Italian with English subtitles. After a maid finds a prominent local jazz musician dead, Inspector Manara and his team search for the killer. Finding an illegible note and a rose at the crime scene, they suspect it may have been a lover's quarrel or a scorned husband's revenge.

In Italian with English subtitles. A local librarian is found dead a week before he was going to unveil the Letters of Leopardi and his assistant has disappeared. Fearing a PR disaster, the police chief brings in Cultural Inspector Giulia Chiamparini, who also went to police academy with Luca and Lara.

In Italian with English subtitles. Someone has stolen an ancient artifact from a local museum. Shortly afterwards, fishermen discover a man's corpse in one of their hauls. While Inspector Manara and his team look for links between the two events, Lara runs into an old flame, who owns the local marina.

In Italian with English subtitles. Just as Manara is about to go on vacation, there's an environmental emergency: someone has polluted the oasis of the local lagoon. The same morning, the distraught wife of a documentarian comes to the station to report her husband missing.