She's the author of a successful cozy series but with her ex wanting half her proceeds now and forever, it's no wonder she can't bring herself to put word to paper. Emily's recent undiagnosed illness and messy divorce have dried up all her creative thoughts. Emily and Chess are here to revive their writing juices. The same villa where a musician was murdered almost fifty years ago. Spending six weeks at Villa Aestas (once known as Villa Rosato) in Orvieto. Present day - Best friends and a greedy, almost ex-husband in the background. If only a different choice, here or there, had been made, everyone might have been able to go home. It might be good for the creativity of a few but it's bad for the health of others. Too much drink, drugs, and doing it with anyone makes for a bad mix. All spending time at Villa Rosato in Orvieto.
As secrets from the past come to light, equally dangerous betrayals from the present also emerge––and it begins to look like the villa will claim another victim before the summer ends.ġ974 - Five people, two, no, three are musicians, one or two are writers, and the last is a resentful fifth wheel. Yet the closer that Emily gets to the truth, the more tension she feels developing between her and Chess. That perhaps Pierce’s murder wasn’t just a tale of sex, drugs, and rock & roll gone wrong, but that something more sinister might have occurred––and that there might be clues hidden in the now-iconic works that Mari and Lara left behind. But he also sets in motion a chain of events that leads to Mari writing one of the greatest horror novels of all time, Lara composing a platinum album––and ends in Pierce’s brutal murder.Īs Emily digs into the villa’s complicated history, she begins to think there might be more to the story of that fateful summer in 1974. In an attempt to reignite his creative spark, Noel invites up-and-coming musician, Pierce Sheldon to join him, as well as Pierce’s girlfriend, Mari, and her stepsister, Lara. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end holiday home now, but in 1974, it was known as Villa Rosato, and rented for the summer by a notorious rock star, Noel Gordon. So when Chess suggests a girls trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives. From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set at an Italian villa with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.Īs kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable.
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