In a "tour de force" by the My Brilliant Friend author who is a New York Times bestselling novelist, a woman returns to Naples following the strange death of her mother (Seattle Times). Delia, 45, leaves Rome and sets out on a discovery-filled journey through the alluring yet frequently unfriendly streets of her beloved Naples in the wake of her mother's sudden and unexplained drowning, which was preceded by a series of weird phone calls. Her mother's relatives and the men in her mother's life, both current and past, including an abusive spouse, are the subjects of her investigation. In this psychological thriller about mothers and daughters and the relationship between them defined by "tactile, finely constrained prose" (Publishers Weekly), what she learns will be more unpleasant than she anticipates while also revealing truths about herself.