Clark, in her latest thriller, is back at her page-turning best. Nell MacDermott, a newspaper columnist, has just decided to run for her grandfather's former seat in Congress. Her husband, Adam, an architect, disapproves, and the two quarrel. Adam leaves angrily to go to a meeting on his boat with a few of his colleagues.
Disaster strikes when the boat explodes, apparently killing all four people on board.
Nell is devastated, both because of the fight and the fact that the explosion was no accident. Shortly afterwards, she is contacted by her great-aunt's psychic friend, Bonnie, who claims to be in contact with Adam. Meanwhile, Nell is also discovering that her husband's colleagues might not have been as honest as they seemed. Clark offers up a wealth of suspects, from an angry criminal whose mother sold Adam the building he and Nell lived in to a ruthless businessman who is desperate to get his hands on the plot of land that Adam owned. As always, the elements of Clark's plot masterfully converge to reveal the killer.