[1][2][3] Part romance and part mystery, it tells the story of New Yorker Lucy Stark, who travels to Tuscany to wind up the affairs of her late boss – a writer named DV, who has died after falling down a well while staying at a remote villa.

Lucy's job begins as a grim task, but a series of events and revelations during her stay in Italy start to provide her with an insight into DV, and ultimately help her to gain a greater understanding of herself.

Clever, pragmatic, capable Lucy Stark is the assistant to a bestselling but remarkably untalented writer named DV, who has spent the last several months in Tuscany searching for inspiration.

One morning in Brooklyn, Lucy receives a startling phone call: DV is dead, and the circumstances are suspicious.

Was the ghost story he was writing pure fantasy, or did it hint at a darker reality?