A languid summer night at Lawyers' Bay is shattered by the noise of a car racing to the end of a dock and plunging into the deep, murky water of a northern lake. Help comes too late for Chris Altieri, a young lawyer alsone inside the car. This death was no accident, and just hours earlier, Altieri had admitted to Joanne Kilbourn that he'd done something unforgiveable. Joanne and two of her children are staying at a cottage in the same gated enclave as Altieri and his law-firm partners. She is puzzled by how swiftly they close ranks after Altieri's death, but that's not all that strikes her as odd' when she learns that a young female lawyer disappeared after abruptly leaving the law firm months earlier, her instincts tell her something is terribly wrong.
Summary: A languid summer night at Lawyers' Bay is shattered by the noise of a car racing to the end of a dock and plunging into the deep, murky water of a northern lake. Help comes too late for Chris Altieri, a young lawyer alsone inside the car. This death was no accident, and just hours earlier, Altieri had admitted to Joanne Kilbourn that he'd done something unforgiveable. Joanne and two of her children are staying at a cottage in the same gated enclave as Altieri and his law-firm partners. She is puzzled by how swiftly they close ranks after Altieri's death, but that's not all that strikes her as odd' when she learns that a young female lawyer disappeared after abruptly leaving the law firm months earlier, her instincts tell her something is terribly wrong.