Three seemingly unconnected, long unsolved murder mysteries are brought to life again by a private detective hired to dig up the truth. This is not just a mystery but a study of how lives can come together in what at first seems coincidence, but taken from a longer view, appears to be fate. The engrossing narrative is less about three senseless murders and more about the lives those murders touched and the ripples they made, ripples still flowing out even years after they occurred.