When Lara is on the road, her friend Alex Stewart runs the store. In turn, Lana accompanies Alex to Ireland for the reading of the will of the recently deceased Eamon Byrne, a wealthy businessman. Alex and the rest of the Byrne family learn that Eamon wants them to take part in a treasure hunt that the he hoped would finally bring his fractured relatives together. Each person receives a different clue in which teamwork will lead to the treasure. Eamon's dream fails because some of his relatives refuse to work with other recipients of the clues.
Someone takes matters into their own hands by killing clue-holders.
Lara decides that finding the treasure is the only way to stop the murders. She puts together a team of locals to help her, but now the culprit is aware of a new threat. The sharp mystery has many suspects that makes it nearly impossible to identify the villain. Lyn Hamilton has dug her own niche within the genre.