When a careless and headstrong teenager manages to drop a suitcase into a small central-Ontario lake, her obsessive need to recover it is the initial element that unleashes a chain of stressful and ominous events. But worse, much worse, is to come.

The lake holds a secret, and when that secret emerges, a past that is grim and violent rises up with it. Private Investigator Mark Whelan is called in early to assist in dealing with what is thought to be a short-term and manageable problem. But the nature and scope of the unfolding situation is soon revealed to be vast, lethal, complex, and seemingly impossible to comprehend. Ultimately, Whelan and his colleague Mike Jefferson are drawn into a web that involves multiple murders, drugs, a bounty hunter, and an airplane that seems to be in two places at the same time, all linked in a way that suggests a mastermind at work.

Behind all the complexity is a story whose ultimate driver surprises everyone.

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