Crystalline Mediterranean waters lap the rocky northern coast of Mallorca, blessing the town of Deià with blood-orange sunsets, balmy night skies and the legacy of a poet.
This former artists' colony now attracts the rich and famous looking to party in privacy. It's the perfect place for a honeymoon until your morning coffee is interrupted by a dead body.
Who would want to murder the muse of a world-famous artist?
Enter Beatrice Stubbs, ex-Scotland Yard detective turned private investigator, who never rejects a job if it involves good food and fine wine.
Someone - an esoteric church leader, a wild-eyed ex-muse, the woman who forgets nothing, the artist's agent or that covetous neighbour - knows what really happened and why.
But when locals and incomers point the finger at one another, how can Beatrice distinguish between lies, truth and artistic licence?
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.