Tracey Sullivan is on the threshold of a new life. Working as a television news writer, she is thrilled to get an offer for her first, as yet unfinished, novel. She is also excitedly awaiting a lunch date with her fiancé, Brian, certain that he's found the perfect house for them.
But in a matter of hours, her life is turned upside down. Brian calls off their engagement, the publisher decides to wait for the completed manuscript and her father - her only relative - has been killed in a car crash.
Going through her father's papers, she discovers that he was severely in debt, and she also finds clues to her mother's identity - a secret her father had kept from her. To find a way of paying off his debts, Tracey accepts a ghostwriting job. But someone is out to do her harm and possibly even murder her. The woman for whom she is writing, the possible murderer and the identity of her mother are all connected . . .
