Inspector Deigo arrives at Monserrata. A forensic team is on the scene, and a mound of dead birds lie in front of the church. All he they told him was a woman named Esmeralda Lagano had been killed in an unusual manner. Rumors abound already. Small villages, no one knows anything, but everyone knows something. It is a 'Murder by a murder of crows'. When strychnine is discovered in the guano, everything changes. Small town politics, petty jealousies, and distrust of outsiders obstruct his investigation. Deigo expected nothing less and won't let it stop him from finding the truth.