A mysterious suicide in Dublin brings investigative reporter Emma Boylan home from her honeymoon as she attempts to unravel the truth about hotel magnate Todd Wilson and his twisted network of friends and family. She meets Maeve, Todd's wife and the much-admired president of a national charity group; Ethel, the Wilsons' estranged nanny; Fergus, Maeve's handsome and enigmatic colleague; and Johnny, the boy who accuses Todd Wilson of something more ominous than bad business practices. In this gripping thriller, Emma traces a thread of betrayal and murder to find out why the Wilsons' world is falling apart and who's behind it all. But as she closes in on the truth, Emma is drawn into the mesh of lies until, fearing for her own life, she realises that there's no one she can trust.