Susan has stepped away from her career in publishing and is now residing in Crete with her long-term partner, Andreas. However, their peaceful life is disrupted by the lingering mystery of a murder that took place at a British country hotel eight years prior. Alan Conway, who visited the hotel, penned a novel inspired by the events. Cecily Treherne, a young woman involved in managing the hotel, read the novel and became convinced that the wrong person had been convicted. Now, Cecily has vanished. Can Susan unravel the mystery concealed within the book and locate Cecily before time runs out?