Though genealogical research is her specialty, Seattle investigator Demary Jones takes on a provocative murder case with a most interesting twist: the woman found with her throat slashed in her husband's garage died three years earlier in a tragic plane crash.

Rumors of Carolyn Zimmer's previous death were highly exaggerated. Or rather, manipulated by the victim herself. Alive and well, she not only remarried, but lived a mere four blocks away from her twice-bereaved husband.

Yet few mourn Car's second -- and this time true -- death. Beautiful and brazen, she specialized in alienating women, seducing men and skillfully hiding her past -- or so it seems. An apparently unconnected case leads Demary to a stunning realization and a concrete motive for murder. But to prove her suspicions, she must confront a killer with every reason to kill again.