While doing research for her beloved uncle, Lacey meets Mark, a handsome stranger, and is very attracted to him. Then she discovers her apartment was burglarized, her uncle killed and both she and her mother are suspected of being involved in his murder.

Mark reappears. As her uncle's friend and neighbor, he offers to help Lacey solve the crime. But someone doesn't want it solved. What is the murderer looking for and why? Is she falling in love with a friend or the real murderer?