From back cover:

"Oppressed by the aftermath of September 11th, New York novelist, Anna Kovac, answers an ad and exchanges her elegant townhouse for a villa in Tuscany. With two friends from England, Genevieve and Candy, she moves there for the summer to finish her book.

Life in their rural paradise is bliss and all three women rapidly adapt to Italian life. Until mysterious things start to happen over which Anna has no control. Her credit card inexplicably exceeds its limit; text vanishes from her computer screen. When her New York architect and friend, Larry, falls from scaffolding to his death, she panics and rushes home, only to find that the locks have been changed and she cannot get into her house. Someone appears to have stolen her identity, emptied her bank account, sold her possessions - even abducted her beloved father.

Who is the stranger whose advertisement she took entirely on trust ? The situation takes a darker twist with a second violent death..."