Edward Sacchi is a wealthy and apparently content married man but underneath he is driven by a desire to seduce and discard women. One of his conquests, Lucy, falls in love with him and when spurned, commits suicide. Edward is shocked but continues as before. Each of his lovers are subsequently murdered and he is arrested. However, his wife saves him by arranging an appointment with the real killer...
Palermo, Sicilia, noviembre de 1925. Cesare Mori, el nuevo prefecto de la ciudad, que pronto será conocido como el Prefecto de Hierro, comienza una guerra despiadada contra la Mafia, una siniestra organización que ha subyugado la isla durante siglos, algo que el dictador Benito Mussolini y las autoridades fascistas ya no pueden permitir.
