Madeline has returned to Washington after her grandmother's mysterious death. And at her family's old, abandoned hotel, a dying man's last words convey a warning: the secrets she and Daphne believed were buried forever have been discovered. Now Madeline and Daphne will be reunited in friendship and in fear. Madeline summons Jack Rayner and with his, high-tech magician, brother Abe's assistance, the four of them will form an uneasy alliance against a killer who will stop at nothing to hide the truth...