When death shatters the serenity of the exclusive moneyed
enclave of Tuxedo Park, New York, Eliza Blake, cohost of the
country's premier morning television show KEY to America, is
on the scene. While attending a lavish gala at her friends'
newly renovated estate, Pentimento, Eliza's host is found
dead—a grotesque suicide that is the first act in a macabre
and intricately conceived plan to expose the sins of the
past involving some of the town's most revered citizens.
Determined to find out the truth, Eliza and her KEY News
colleagues—producer Annabelle Murphy, cameraman B.J. D'Elia,
and psychiatrist Margo Gonzalez—discover that Pentimento
holds the key. Nestled in the park's sprawling architectural
masterpieces, picturesque gardeners' cottages, and lush,
rolling landscape, the glorious mansion is actually a giant
"puzzle house," filled with ingenious clues hidden in its
fireplaces, fountains, and frescoes that lead them from one
suspicious locale to another—and, one by one, to the victims
of a fiendish killer.
As Pentimento gives up its secrets, it becomes clear that no
amount of wealth or privilege will keep the residents of
Tuxedo Park safe. But just when Eliza unearths one final
surprise, she comes face-to-face with a murderer who
believes that some puzzles should never be solved.