It's been two years since Emma Renshaw vanished on the way home from college. Her parents remain in the past, believing their daughter may catch another train home. Detective Diane Fry relives this nightmare with the obsessed Renshaws.

In the town of Withens, where Emma's parents reside, is the notorious Oxley family. During her stay at college, Emma lived with a cousin of these boys. Detective Ben Cooper is looking for the murderer of the roommate.

Although these incidents happened two years apart, there's enough significance to link the two together. Along with antiques thefts that have happened in Withens, Cooper and Fry must decide if these robberies are connected with the killings.

Other incidents surrounding the Oxley family make them the prime suspects, but do they have a motive for murder?

While they call this book a novel of suspense, I found it less suspenseful and more mysterious. I enjoyed the characters, however, I would have liked the two detectives' intimacy to be explained more. I'd recommend this book to lovers of mystery simply because it's a good story with a surprise ending.