Bannister "is as good at creating suspense as she is at creating characters."
—San Jose Mercury News

Shad couldn't be guilty of murder. . . could he?  

Rosie Holland, newspaper’s advice columnist for the Skipley Chronicle, becomes worried when her gardener, Shad, is discovered unconscious and bleeding near a dead body. When he is put under hypnosis, he confesses to the murder. 

Rosie finds it impossible to believe that Shad could have been involved, and vows to discover the truth. As she delves deeper into the events surrounding the night of the murder, she realises that in this bizarre set-up of twisted humour and warped ambition, nothing is as it seems.