When Vivian Patin inherits Rosebanks, a family estate that has seen better days, she's determined to turn it into a successful hotel. When her lawyer tells her he has great news—news that will give Vivian and her mother financial security—she awaits his arrival in expectation. What she discovers is his body, with a lipstick mark and to recover the information her lawyer was delivering to her. But someone else is searching for the files—someone who will not stop at just one murder.