Jean Carter: capable cook, wealthy woman and now, very dead lady.

Welcome to the town of Hampton, Vermont's Best Kept Secret, with a location that defies any GPS, a resident ghost, and now, another murder.

Handsome heart-throb, Sheriff Luther King calls local inn owner and former Boston policewoman, Mo Murray into the fray. They look into the obvious murder suspects: family, family and more family, eventually discovering that the Carter clan had cash, power and position, but lies and deceptions have tainted three unsuspecting generations. When will it end?

And with Carter closets bursting with dusty, dangling skeletons the question remains: Who has the key?

Mo's travels and unravels the meaning behind an old photo, unearths a well-hidden dark family secret and listens to the half-mad ramblings of a woman whose suspicions date back decades. Mo, still dealing with her own heart wrenching loss, must put aside her own demons as she investigates while wondering, 'where did the baby go?'

This mystery weaves together betrayal, prejudice and pride. The present and the past mix and mesh with twists and turns that jump out without warning, and a last page finale that is sure to tease.