Francesco is a troubled man. Torn between love and duty, his private life becomes a tangled web of deceits and fatal indecision.Leaving his beautiful, bitter wife Sara but unable to turn to the one he truly loves, Francesco disappears...Harry, his best friend and erstwhile confidant, decides to play detective - desperate to unravel and understand the workings of Francesco's delicate psyche. As he pursues his friend back to his birthplace, will he get any closer to knowing him? And what will he find when he gets there?Told in a uniquely structured way, in diverse and sympathetic voices, Francis Michaels' novel is a triumph of both the intellect and the imagination.Francis Michaels comes from Essex but has lived most of his life in mainland Europe. From banking, military, school and university careers he has moved into language, communications, intercultural and finally personal coaching activities and shares the running of his own company in the Hamburg area. Writing in English and German on all aspects of interpersonal and intrapersonal communication both in prose and poetry is a major drive in his search: the music of the spheres - the harmony behind the cacophony.