Carlotta wonders why her life is beset with struggles. A successful orchestral performer turned private detective, she has everything that she could ever want.

That is, until she is assigned a case which exposes her to one of the worst serial killers Australia has ever produced. The trail of destruction which he lays in his wake threatens to engulf both Carlotta and her daughter.

The grim confrontation with this psychopath leads her to confront both her internal demons as well as the horror which unfolds before her.

Set in both Italy and Australia, the reader is left to consider the power of evil, and the renewal of hope which springs from it in ways that aren't always anticipated.