Description: Set in Rome across two timelines, this captivating novel follows Elena Damiani, a wealthy and glamorous Italian socialite with a complicated past, and Francesca Hackett, a British tour guide trying to escape her own troubled history. When Francesca returns a stolen handbag to Elena, the discovery of an old letter brings the two women together to work on Elena’s memoirs. But when a valuable diamond ring is linked to Elena, Francesca begins to suspect that her neighbour is hiding a shocking secret. A glamorous story of love, betrayal, mystery and long-buried truths.