Lorna Kepler was beautiful and wilful, a loner who couldn't resist flirting with danger, so her death raised a host of tough questions The police suspected homicide but could find neither motive nor suspect and the case was gradually shifted to the back burner Only Lorna's mother kept the mystery alive, convinced that someone had got away with murder Private detective Kinsey Millhone is brought into the case and enters a world of deception, betrayal and unavenged murder She must discover how Lorna lived and why she died