"New Year?s Day 1902... Ashwood awakens to a foul murder... Buffalo, New York... as the remains of the great Pan-American Exposition are swept away, and the bitter memories of William McKinley?s assassination begin to fade... the city reels again, at the sensational murder of successful businessman Edward Miller, bludgeoned to death in his cozy den, in one of the city?s most fashionable enclaves: Ashwood. But for all its glitz and glamor, Ashwood guards the dark secrets of its fashionable residents . . . including those of Edward?s estranged wife Alicia, her lover Arthur Pendle, and would-be detective Sarah Payne. Soon, they will all face a hurricane of courtroom drama, public outrage, and the behind-the-scenes scheming of cold and corrupt District Attorney Terence Penrose. Meanwhile, those caught up in the most scandalous crime of a new century have reputations to protect . . . skeletons best kept hidden away in the tidy closets of trendy Ashwood . . . and plenty of reasons to keep the motive behind Edward Miller?s murder from ever seeing the light of day - a motive that only the victim and his killer knew... Can justice be done... and the truth uncovered by Sarah?s fledgling Avenging Angel Detective Agency... before a killer strikes again?"-- book jacket.