One storm. One dead woman. One detective who refuses to let the past stay buried. Detective Charlotte Thorn never expected her first major case back on duty to trap her in a remote mansion with a killer. But when Eleanor Hawthorne is found dead at her own birthday celebration, every guest becomes a suspect — and every story has a crack. As the storm worsens and alibis fall apart, Charlotte uncovers a web of greed, betrayal, and old scars the Hawthornes will do anything to protect. But someone inside the manor is watching her… and one step ahead. If she can’t reveal the truth in time, Charlotte won’t survive long enough to ask the next question.