A husband, his mistress, his wife, and her lover: in this wickedly clever novel of suspense, four lives collide, one ends up dead, and nothing is what it seems.Simon Dobias is a brilliant but troubled law professor who never truly recovered from his parents' untimely deaths. Despite appearing to have a stable marriage, a secret whirlwind affair with an old flame throws everything into question.Vicky Lanier truly cares for her husband, who saved her during her darkest moments. But their romance has run its course, and now Vicky's playing the waiting game. In just a few weeks, she'll finally have full access to Simon's twenty-million-dollar trust, and she can practically feel the money in her hands. But when she discovers his affair, her already precarious future hangs by a thread.When the body of a beautiful socialite is found hanging in the mansion of a wealthy Chicago suburb, it's the culmination of an explosive situation months in the making…But as to how it happened and why? Question everything you think you know. Story Locale: Chicago (suburb)