Two letters written 65 years ago in the remote town of Greenview tell the story of a terrified young woman pleading for help. The first letter falls into the hands of the man who wants her dead. The second letter winds up in the dead letter file of the Greenview Post Office. The letters yellow with age. Life goes on.Laura Hunter had many questions about the family tragedy that left her mother orphaned and alone at the tender age of 17. An award winning investigative reporter, Laura is stunned to get the answers from a summer intern determined to identify the skeletal remains found under a 65 year old hotel in her mother’s hometown of Greenview.Catherine Preston has lived the past 65 years tormented by the yacht explosion that killed her husband, her two year old daughter and her daughter’s governess. Now in her twilight years, the lonely heiress is keenly aware of all the vultures vying for her fortune.Two long lost letters, one bogus and one authentic bring Laura Hunter and Catherine Preston together. As events of the past come into focus, the women find themselves in a hazardous match of wits with a man who honestly believes he is entitled to the Preston fortune. Threatened by Laura’s growing friendship with Catherine, he brilliantly plans the perfect murder.Will a letter, long buried in the dead letter file of the Greenview Post Office save Laura Hunter or will events beyond anyone’s control seal her fate?
Catherine Preston impulsively drives into Philadelphia to meet her friend at the famous Crystal Tea Room. Having forgotten that Olga Cento passed away years earlier, the confused heiress wanders around the city. She returns home hours later, unable to explain how a tampered vial of insulin wound up in her purse.Determined to recreate those lost hours, award-winning investigative reporter Laura Hunter suspects that her grandmother has foiled a potentially perfect murder. Unable to identify the actual victim, she suspects that a plan to find and silence the grandmother she has known for less that six months is already underway.Judith Milner is mourning the sudden death of her husband when she learns that the nominating committee is eyeing her to replace him as their candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. Given her lifelong dream to become the first woman governor, Judith prepares to squash anyone who gets in her way.Shaken by Catherine’s increasingly strange behavior as well as the likelihood that Judith’s husband may be her unidentified victim, Laura ignores the possibility that her old high school rival orchestrated his untimely death.During an ill-advised trip to Judith’s secluded mountain home, Laura and Catherine become trapped by a deadly snow squall. Seeing the perfect opportunity to eliminate the last remaining threat to her political future, Judith must choose between saving Laura or betraying the man who controls her destiny.