Il giovane Montalbano: la stanza numero 2 - 2015

Which means "room number two" of the "Young Montalbano" series. It was nice enough, but nothing special. There are a few things going on: 1.Salvo and Livia are planning their wedding: Salvo is annoyed for the meetings with the priest and all the other things he'll have to do, and he also has to choose his best man; he says he doesn't want Mimì because of his obsession with women, so he asks Fazio senior, who is happy and honored. Mimì, however, is hurt and takes it very badly, so Livia decides to make peace and she asks Mimì herself, instead of this dear friend we've never heard of before, telling Mimì that Salvo asked Carmine because it was a kindness after his heart attack, and Mimì accepts and forgives and forgets.
2. An anonymous letter to the police says that a woman cheating on her husband might be in danger, but the husband turns out to be a good peaceful man, so Salvo realizes the scheme was all hers; she had prepared everything so that at the moment to kill her husband it would look like a robbery gone badly, only her lover had thought back on it and had sent the letter to try and prevent it.
3. The case of the title. A hotel is burned down and a man killed in the fire. Montalbano follows up on any possible suspicion, but they all lead to nothing, until one of the clients turns out to be a mediator for the city mafia families. He says a deal was reached successfully, but Salvo is not convinced. A mafia man who had raped a prostitute is killed by her brother, and Salvo finds all the proof he needs, and it all appears clear, a deal had been reached all right. Salvo arrests the mediator too, at the end. The title refers to a room that was not clear if it should have been occupied or not, and after much looking into it Salvo finds out what the hotel owner and one of the guests already knew. It had been the dead man: he caused the fire, crazy because inside there was his ex-wife with another man, but after the fire broke out he didn't see her coming out so he ran back inside to find her, but the fire was too violent and he died.
The rapist had not been convicted because an arrogant philosophy teacher had given him an alibi for that same hour, but due to Salvo's persistence he realizes he made a stupid, common mistake of looking at a clock through a window-glass, and therefore mistaking 11pm with 1am.  :-/ ok he's all about philosophy and doesn't care for material things, but come on!
I quite enjoyed the scenes about the marriage, and it was as always a pleasure to see again Fazio senior, but did not like the two sons of the man that died in the fire, not a good acting. Anyway, the marriage is still on for now. I'll have to wait to see what happens to call it off. I mean, this is their past, so we know they'll stay together but will not get married at least for some years, maybe forever, judging from how things were going between the 'old' Salvo and Livia.