Caroline Steele, intrepid amateur sleuth, starts graduate school at the University of New Mexico Department of Theatre and Dance. Caro finds herself in a notbed of academic intrigue and clashing artistic egos. A disdinguished professor is murdered. Once again she is thrown into contact with Inspector James Hutchinson. Together they discover a world of vice, blackmail, and adultery. A killer from the past appears to take revenge on them. Caro directs a Beckett play in Theatre X while dealing with her troubled marriage and lively sons. She and James become closer, but danger lurks for her loved ones. She makes a discovery that will change her life forever.
