WhenΒ the body ofΒ a celebrated journalist is fished from the Edgartown Harbor, the official reportΒ rulesΒ his deathΒ accidental.Β But why was heΒ aloneΒ on aΒ senatorβsΒ yacht during aΒ norβeaster? Thatβs only the first questionΒ London-based lawyerΒ Kyra GibsonΒ has when sheΒ arrives onΒ the idyllic island of Marthaβs Vineyard to settle her estrangedΒ fatherβs affairs.
Sheβs not looking for closure. Sheβs not seenΒ him inΒ decades since he left her with her aunt following her motherβs death.Β But as KyraΒ delves deeper intoΒ her fatherβsΒ life, she learns he had many regrets and wasnβt as retired as she believed. The more Kyra discovers, the more questions she has.Β With the help ofΒ world-weary detective,Β Tarek Collins,Β they uncover a web of intrigue and corruption involving a powerful senator, a dubious energy company, and brutal murder.
As they chase down clues, Kyra and Tarek flirt with danger and race against time to solve the murders and uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath Marthaβs Vineyardβs picturesque faΓ§ade of old money wealth and privilege.