Maggie White a downsized American executive stuck in Rome on her husbands expat assignment is finding the dolce vita isnt all its cracked up to be. Shes taken a job offering painting instruction to well-heeled travelers and her boss-a rather unpleasant English lord-has turned up dead in his penthouse. Maggies left with a palazzo full of suspicious guests a valuable painting her boss might have stolen and a policeman whos decided shes the prime suspect. Now Maggie must keep the tour up and running while she tracks the killer and works to clear her name.