The scent of pine, espresso and the ghosts of the past: a German ex-policeman gets caught up in his most personal case on Lake Maggiore.Actually, Lukas Albano Geier has left his life as a witness protector in Munich behind him. On his beloved Lake Maggiore, he devotes himself to music. In the harbour the boats are rocking, behind the medieval roofs the lake shines sky-blue - but high above the lake something dark is brewing. A dead woman is found in the small town of Maccagno. A telephone number is written on the woman's arm: that of Lukas Albano Geier.