Megan Gerard has already survived the worst night of her life. As she buries her mother just days after a deadly car accident, she is overcome with grief at her graveside. All she wants is to have her mother back. But after she catches a glimpse of a stranger limping out from behind the trees at the cemetery, Megan has an uneasy feeling she cannot seem to shake. It turns out her intuition is spot on; the mysterious man has but one goal-to kill her.
After the wake, Megan receives a gift on her front porch. Inside is a music box accompanied by a sympathy card with a deadly warning: she is next to die. Terrified, Megan phones the police and immediately Detective Joseph Lentz begins questioning whether her mother's accident was really an accident after all.
When Megan recruits the help from an undercover cop, the investigation evolves further with one clue after another that leads Megan to a surprising discovery that pulls her into a complex mystery surrounding her mother's secret past.
In this gripping mystery, Megan must stay one step ahead of a ruthless killer as she embarks on a dangerous journey to find the answers to her mother's past and, more importantly, to her own future.