Settling her family-Air Force pilot Mitch, baby Nathan, and daughter Livvy,-into their new home in Georgia, Ellie Avery is busier than ever. With two children under four, a party to plan for Mitch's promotion, and new contacts to develop for her organizing business, Ellie's eager to relax by taking Rex, the family Rottweiler, for a peaceful stroll. But what they find is anything but tranquil. As evening's shadows fall, Ellie stumbles into an abandoned...

As soon as Ellie Avery and her husband, Mitch, arrive at his parents' gracious home in Smarr, Alabama, they are shocked to learn that Mitch's Grandpa Fanklin has passed away. More shockingly, a too-quickly-closed police investigation raises more questions about Franklin's death than it answers.

Ellie Avery takes a break from her vacation on the Gulf Coast to return a package to an eBay vendor, and the discovery of a woman's body leads Ellie into a world of kidnapping, blackmail, and scandal.