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Hester Thursby, a Harvard librarian, is back in this psychological suspense novel by Edwin Hill. The story centers on a wealthy Boston family whose hidden past could ruin them if it surfaces.

At a fundraising evening held on the grounds of Prescott University's newly built campus, Hester attends as a guest alongside Detective Angela White. Their night is interrupted when Jennifer Matson, who owns the school with her husband Tucker, calls them to Pinebank, the family's isolated mansion beside Jamaica Pond. Jennifer says an intruder broke in. The more Hester and Angela look into the claim, the less it holds up, and Hester starts asking why Jennifer would invent it.

Later, the university's general manager asks Hester to track down several former students who have gone missing. Her search leads her into the Matsons' affairs and into the workings of their for-profit school. Financial wrongdoing, an old tragedy, and rumors of unfaithfulness suggest the family has plenty to hide. When one of the missing students is found dead, the investigation becomes urgent.

Hester draws closer to the truth, but the buried secret and the new lies begin to collide. A killer, more determined than ever, is working to keep the past hidden.