When antique dealer Kat Stanford stumbles upon the partially mummified body of an apparently murdered young woman in an abandoned wing at Honeychurch Hall, suspicion falls on the residents of many years ago. Given her mother Iris's checkered past, Kat isn't surprised that she knew the victim. Once again embroiled in her mother's mysterious and tumultuous bygone days, Kat is reminded that sometimes it is necessary to risk your own life to protect the lives of the ones you love.