Elizabeth Hampton is consumed by grief when her mother dies unexpectedly. Leslie Hampton cared for Elizabeth€s troubled brother Ronnie€s special needs, assuming Elizabeth would take him in when the time came. But Leslie€s sudden death propels Elizabeth into a world of danger and double lives that undoes everything she thought she knew....
When police discover that Leslie was strangled, they immediately suspect that one of Ronnie€s outbursts took a tragic turn. Elizabeth can€t believe that her brother is capable of murder, but who else could have had a motive to kill their quiet, retired mother?Â
More questions arise when a stranger is named in Leslie€s will: a woman also named Elizabeth. As the family€s secrets unravel, a man from Leslie€s past who claims to have all the answers shows up, but those answers might put Elizabeth and those she loves the most in mortal danger.Â