When ballerina Lydia Miseau dies onstage in the final dress rehearsal of Romeo and Juliet, homicide detective Caitlin O'Connor is faced with the most complicated case of her career. She strongly suspects that someone murdered the ballerina, and her investigation uncovers several people close to the star who had reasons to kill her. But the autopsy reveals no apparent cause of death. If Lydia Miseau was murdered, who did it, and how?
Meantime, there's Caitlin's hot mess of a personal life. She has a bad habit of getting involved with married men. She knows it's wrong, so why does she keep entangling herself in unhealthy relationships? She's finally decided to go into therapy to find out.