On a breathtaking horse farm in quiet Bedford, Virginia, Cary McCutcheon and his wife, Pam Ashworth McCutcheon, live the good life. Or so it seems.

Lately, Cary's thoroughbred-horse business has fallen into financial trouble. Pam's distinguished aunt Pamela Ashworth is in ill health and needs help. And then there is one thing that has always bothered Aunt Pamela and her niece-a dark family secret that has never been investigated. When Cary and Pam visit Aunt Pamela in Charlottesville, they decide that they must learn the truth.

Just as they begin to investigate, Pam is...