Miriam Menken, wife of oil millionaire J. C. Menken and mother of Cecelia, died suspiciously of a drug overdose, and Cecelia was the only witness. Traumatized for months afterward, Cecelia has blocked out the entire event and has blamed herself both for her mother's death and the fact that the murder is unsolved.J. C. also happens to be Em's former boss from back in her Denver oil business days, and he bamboozles the unemployed Em into helping him with Cecelia: if Em can unlock the secrets in Cecelia's grief-stricken brain and help her get her life back on track, he'll help Em find a job. Em's desperate, so she's hooked.Em's task is to get Cecelia to recover her memory and her confidence, but she can't help looking into the crime as well. She soon begins to unearth fragments of truth about Miriam's troubled life, including a tortured relationship she had with a shadowy man from her past. Who is he, what power did he have over Miriam, and where is he now? Read Less