Ellen Hart's third book features restaurateur Jane Lawless, witty sidekick Cordelia Thorn, a famous theatrical family and its secrets, and the streets of Minneapolis. A buried childhood and adult vengeance draws Lawless into the bosom of the Werness family. Father Gaylord is a famous playwright. Daughter Antonia has followed suit, but detests and defies him. Son Torald, once a brilliant actor, now drinks and schemes off-stage. Only reclusive Lucy keeps a grip on reality. But when ambitious Billy Brewster arrives in Minneapolis for the run of Antonia's new play, a chain of events leads inevitably to murder.