When heiress Deidre Lassiter dies in her hot tub of a drug overdose, ripples from the pool of lies that shaped her life spread to the lives of those she leaves behind.
Rae Esposito, forensic accountant and cop's widow, sets out to help Deidre's husband settle his wife's estate and discovers that Deidre was murdered. Determined to get justice for Deidre when the authorities appear to be dragging their feet, Rae enlists the help of her dead husband's former partner, but a dirty cop and a drug dealing snitch muddy the waters.
On the periphery, a man and a woman conduct a private quest for justice. Deidre was their lovechild, and in spite of intervening years, their secret love still lives.
As Rae unravels the lies that bind those connected with Deidre's case, she faces truths that set asunder everything she thought she knew about her marriage and her husband's death. When the final deception surfaces, it could cost Rae her life.
I'm not sure if it was because I was sick when I read this book, but I had a hard time keeping up with the characters and the investigation. There were too many characters to keep track of and not enough references to who they were throughout the book.