Antonio Cortese, restauranteur and ex-detective is dealing with PTSD from the terror attack that stole his wife and daughter three years prior. He's still trying to get his feet under him when his world seems to crumble once again.

Gabriella, the beautiful Carabinieri detective from Tuscany, has breathed new life into him. Now a suspicious accident takes the life of her brother and his wife. Antonio wants to be with her. As he makes plans to do so, he receives a desperate call from his Uncle Nicolo, lead detective in Siena. Antonio's cousin, Raphael, a policeman in Firenze, has disappeared.

Antonio returns to Tuscany, where the search for Raphael embroils he and Nicolo a dangerous web child prostitution, human trafficking, and the Nigerian mob--all as the Covid-19 epidemic begins its deadly spread throughout Italy and Antonio's home state of Washington. The clock is ticking and there is far more at stake than meets the eye.