Buried secrets surface when least expected. With one parent in prison and the other cold in the ground, Laure desperately wants to blend in. She's worked hard constructing the pretense of a well-adjusted, sophisticated Parisian woman. But hiding in plain sight is only feasible as long as her father's victims allow it. As the anniversary of her father's conviction draws near, Laure finds herself in the cross hairs of one last cold case with an unlikely ally. The only man she can depend on was never meant to be more than a rebound fling, a distraction from her luckless love life. Now, his fate may well rest in Laure's hands. Ashley is fifteen years her senior and should know better.

Yet something about his neurotic neighbor draws him in. Moth to flame, he will follow Laure to the ends of the world if he must. If not, he'll go as far as Kansas on the trail of a killer's last unsolved murder and help unravel a mystery steeped in bloody family history.