April Summers birthday is April 1st but this year there won't be any pranks. When she opens her presents she is happily surprised until she opens the last one. DI MacDonald starts to investigate the origins of the package and soon finds there is more to this than meets the eye. Where are April's parents and does this have anything to do with an accident from years ago? All will be revealed as we take a trip through the alphabet telling April's story as we go.