"Tamara Hayle's past has come back to haunt her - literally. She's been plagued by terrifying dreams about Celia Jones, an old friend whose walk on the wild side led her to a horrible death. Celia's teenage son, Cecil, begs Tamara to find his mother's killer...only to end up dead himself, stabbed through the heart." "The search for the killer pulls Tamara deep into her friend's troubled love life, rife with potentially murderous grudges. There's Celia's bullying thug of an ex-husband; a handsome former lover who woos Tamara with charm and lies; and an angry, jealous woman who claims that Celia broke her heart. And those are just the obvious supects." Despite her better judgment and the admonitions of the police department, Tamara refuses to back away from the mystery surrounding Celia's and Cecil's deaths. All clues lead to the past Tamara and Celia shared, and Tamara fears that that past will threaten her own son. As she investigates, she uncovers more than she bargained for - unearthing secrets someone would kill to keep in the shadows.