Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited to begin her new job as an archivist and starts exploring the life of the mysterious Nina Lawrence. She unravels a tragic love story beset by the political turmoil of post-war Italy. And as she edges closer to understanding Nina, she begins to confront the losses in her own life. A beautifully atmospheric story of two women who can never meet, set in a city full of secrets ancient and modern... From the author of "The Museum of Broken Promises".