In the stormy climate of pre-war France, Elizabeth Kilbride is a young, world-renowned concert pianist who seems to have it all - beauty, fame, fortune. Despite her privileges, she is unable to reconcile her past, and finds herself unstable, divorced, and forced to live at home with a wealthy and repressive mother who has a history of exploiting her talents. Her instinct for survival propels her into a web of intrigue involving a rival family, an art thief, and an underworld kingpin. Will she outlive her conspirators? The looming spectre of war? The power the music holds over her soul?