A man found shot to death in an apparent suicide sets the stage for a series of events that will leave a family in disarray when someone tries to kill another member of the victim's family. Lies, jealousy, money and family ties all play a role in this mystifying mystery that is punctuated by callous disregard of family and calculated murder.
It isn't the obvious that leads Doctor John Knight onto the trail of the perpetrators. It is his long standing ability to read people and their behavior patterns that helps him to siphon the fallacies from the truth. A connection exists between his own family and that of the victim's...a connection even he was unaware of.