In a gripping noir crime thriller, what dark secrets will the police investigation uncover about a brutal murder at sea, and the series of mysterious notes that seems to point straight at the killer? The story starts in the sunny climes of Sonoma County, California, when Richard Corvo and his young neighbor, Catherine Peppard, begin an illicit relationship, full of romance and sex and not much else. For him, the thriller suspense of the affair take his mind off the painful subject of his recent separation from his wife and daughter, but Catherine, young and aimless, feels unsatisfied in more...