Gianluca has to admit his life is empty. His high-pressure City job, hisseven-figure income, his glossy girlfriends - all have long ceased tosatisfy him. His marriage is over and he barely knows his young daughters.In search of serenity and a deeper purpose to his existence, he flees toItaly, to the magical Palazzo Montelimone lovingly restored by hisparents, to chill and to assess his future. But life on the sun-drenched Amalfi coast is not as peaceful as Lucaanticipates. The palazzo is filled with his mother's eccentric friends andhaunted by the ghosts of its murderous past. He meets a woman whose darkeyes are heavy with sorrow and a solemn little boy with an incrediblesecret. As he begins to unravel a mystery that has its roots in a long-agoact of violence, Luca is forced to face his greatest fear in exchange forthe greatest truth.