Twenty-two year old Charlotte Golding left her home near Hereford, England for a two week holiday in Palermo, Sicily to enjoy the sites, sounds and aromas of Italy. While there, she tries to find an old friend of her fathers, Sal. With her new Italian companions, Marcello and Lucia, she soon discovers the truth about Sal and his connections to the Sicilian underworld. She was not prepared for the adventure that lay ahead.