Lissa Drexel, a young university instructor, was leading a busy academic life until her cousin came to town. Suddenly, her routine collapsed and Lissa was linked with a mysterious accident. Her intense, inquiring Scorpio nature drew her into the investigation being led by ex-boyfriend detective Anson Harris -and the accident began to look like homicide!
Shaken, she developed a protective relationship with Ed Springer, a flirtatious Leo, and together they search for an explanation of the murder. But the closer they get to a solution, the more terrified Lissa becomes--do threatening signs mean she is fated to be the next victim of an "accidental" death?
Billed as being in the Zodiac Gothic Series, the Zodiac part seems somewhat tenuous but the storyline is quite good, maintaining the suspense until almost the end. A story of blackmail and change of identity, the latter becooming obvious about three-quarters through but the tension still builds until the climax.