It was meant to be an ordinary assassination. The plan was simple; the outcome left three dead and two, fueled by their trauma, set on very different paths. In a cruel twist of fate, James Locke is left alone, his brother and sister ripped away from him, leaving only unanswered questions in their wake. Five years later Elizabeth Penhallow comes charging into his life, bringing a dark and dangerous truth with her and dragging him into a world of murder and betrayal. Thrown head first into a new life, he learns some secrets are better left unsaid.