Venice 2009 – against the unique backdrop of Venice and its traditions Logan, a Canadian student with a great love and talent for technology, discovers the nascent world of bitcoin. Interweaving his life with that of other students, he creates a secret as precious as it is dangerous.

Venice 2023 – following what seems to be a simple burglary, the young Italian-South Korean criminologist Soo-Min, in Italy on an internship with the Carabinieri, finds herself involved in an intricate, gripping investigation conducted against a backdrop of bloody score-settling, dangerous chases and mysterious musical scores, all encapsulated within the unique setting of the Venetian islands and canals and, of course, the famous aperitifs for which the city is renowned.

Florence, 2013 – Alfredo Martelli, technical account manager and football coach, is introduced to the fledgling world of bitcoin by his nephew Gabriele, a visionary computer nerd with little desire to study. Alfred comes to share a precious but deadly secret with the players he coaches.

Florence, 2023 – Soo-Min, a young South Korean-Italian criminologist, is doing an operational, practical internship with the Carabinieri. She becomes involved, along with Yong-Soo, her mathematician friend, in an action-packed investigation, full of twists and turns, in which family and sporting values are pitted against human greed.

This is Soo-Min’s second investigation working alongside the Carabinieri. The first, set in Venice, was narrated in The Last Refrain.