Silvano and Chiara are two teenagers with a difference Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit Chiara has been abandoned by her family For these two very different reasons they are forced to seek refuge in a convent and a friary When they meet they are drawn to each other as they become aware that they are both outsiders, ill at ease with monastic life Then a grisly murder - followed by another, and then another - strikes fear into the close-knit community Chiara and Silvano cling together as they, and the friends they have made, attempt to solve the crimes