"One day during the summer of 1972, my uncle Eugene was taken to a park near Kingston, where he participated in the gangland style execution of a man named Ted Hoffman.

Six weeks later, my uncle's body was found floating in Lake Ontario..."

Family secrets, an unsolved murder with links to organized crime—Canadian author Cliff Burns presents readers with a novel inspired by real life events, a gripping and suspenseful mystery spanning four decades, a tale of doomed love and an unspeakable act of betrayal.