A holiday island… When private investigator Dan Armstrong and his girlfriend Anna are invited to the gorgeous island of Elba for a much-needed break he jumps at the chance. The thought of sun-drenched shores makes Dan promise Anna he won't “play detective” for a whole week… A luxury hotel… Their luxurious hotel with its wonderful food and picturesque seaside views seems the perfect escape especially with Dan's best friend Virgilio and his wife joining them. But the calm shatters with a sinister encounter and a sudden suspicious death... A decades old case… Virgilio's past connection to the victim casts a long shadow pulling Dan into a decades-old case. But beneath Elba's beauty lie secrets and resentments - the victim was universally hated - but was his death the result of foul play or just a tragic accident? With his faithful canine companion Oscar Dan must unravel the island's mysteries a task that soon takes a decidedly personal and unsettling turn.