Haunted by the untimely death of her sister, Kelly Holden enlists the help of a murder mystery novelist, Graydon Jennings to solve the crime. He arrives in town and they soon put the pieces together of the secret life her sister was living. Entrenched in a sordid affair with a Congressman and her scorned ex-lover she left behind, Kelly and Graydon embark on a mission to unveil the mystery - but she soon finds herself in serious danger and she learns that truth is sometimes as evil as fiction.