Roe Teagarden's life has finally settled down. Her marriage to Martin is going well, she's back working at the Lawrenceton Library - and she hasn't found a dead body for a while. But when her handyman goes crazy in the yard, Roe suspects it's a sign of bad things to come. And she's right. Martin's niece shows up with a baby no one knew about. Then she disappears, leaving behind the baby and a murdered husband. To find her, Roe and Martin follow her steps from Sunny Georgia to snowy Ohio, where a web of dark family secrets lies in wait...