Charlotte "Charlie" McNally, a celebrity and toast of Boston television, is a long-term investigative reporter. Charlie's mom, soon-to-be Lorraine Carpenter McNally Margolis, is demanding Charlie's attention while having extensive cosmetic surgery performed prior to her wedding.

Charlie and her partner/producer Franklin Parrish are given an assignment involving Dorinda Sweeney (deadly Dorie), who's imprisoned for the murder of her rich husband. Oliver Rankin, executive director of the Constitutional Justice Project, and Will Easterly, Dorinda's attorney, are convinced her confession is false and she is innocent. This begins a grueling investigation peppered with suspense and danger for Charlie.

Charlie is striving to juggle the investigation, along with her boyfriend Josh, his young daughter Penny and also keeping her mother happy. All of this while being stalked by a killer. Charlie envisions different scenarios of the murder, which nearly causes her mother's death, as well as her own, at the hands of the true killer.

Charlie is a clever, fast-thinking investigator with a quick mind and a terrific imagination. Her visions of the murder change throughout the investigation, but leave her a hero and "on the top" in the end. Her escapades are exciting and filled with lots of puzzle solving. This is the second Charlotte McNally novel in this cleverly written series by Hank Phillippi Ryan. I found the plot very interesting, which made this a fast reading, fast-paced action thriller, yet filled with humor. I look forward to reading the other books in this series.