Briony Kipp, forty-two and almost-divorced, has bought her dream home! Okay, it's tiny and in need of renovation, but it's hers. Moving house has its challenges, but discovering the previous owner was murdered is a whole new level. Even worse, the killer hasn't been identified. Looks like Briony has a new mystery to solve.

She doesn't know where to start until she finds the previous owner's hidden journal. Now she has more suspects than she can handle. Everyone and their dog seem to have a motive for murder. Well, except for her own newly adopted dog, who is loving life in the new house.

When Briony discovers a link between the previous owner's death and a twenty-year-old cold case, she knows she's getting close to the truth. Stirring up old secrets can be dangerous and Briony knows she'll have to move fast to outsmart the killer before she becomes the next victim.