On her nostalgic return to Tuscany, the now-widowed Leah Contarini discovers that the idyllic village where she had lived with her husband has become a quagmire of secrets. Leah is bewildered. Why is a woman screaming at a corpse? Who is the man being beaten with a bucket in the middle of the piazza? Why is another man running through the woods slobbering? Who is the new stranger in town that won't go away? Confused by this turmoil and unsuspecting, Leah walks straight into the grasp of a murderer.