On a small island off Hydra, where the sea glows blue and even pain seems bathed in golden evening light, Cardinal Vittorio Contini-Verchese hosts a dinner to commemorate the past. Elderly ladies of great dignity, a young woman of dangerous clarity, a few provocatively chosen guests — and right in the middle of it all, Sun Bak, who finds herself unexpectedly caught up in an evening where the past, faith and family loyalty clash more quietly but more sharply than any spoken word.
  When a young woman falls from the cliff near the chapel and Jessica is found standing next to the body as a suspect, the Mediterranean light-heartedness gives way to suspicion. Whilst they wait for the police from the mainland, letters surface that could create heirs, destroy lives and distort the truth. It soon becomes clear: on this island, almost everyone wanted what was best — and therein lies the tragedy.