After her father's death, Riley MacPherson returns to North Carolina to settle the estate. Her older brother Danny lives like a recluse in a trailer outside of the city. Her older sister Lisa died decades earlier, a tragedy that had defined much of the life of the MacPherson family. Lisa was a gifted musician whose kayak was found on the frozen river near Alexandria, Virginia where they lived. She was only 17 and, although a body was never found, everyone assumed it was a suicide. Danny carries a great deal of bitterness toward the way the family dealt with her death. This along with his experiences in the Iraq War have left him estranged from his family and uninterested in helping Riley.
As Riley attempts to fulfill the directions of her fathers will, things don't seem to add up. She finds documents and hears stories that don't quite match the family history she has always believed and is ultimately driven to find the truth. This is a much lighter book than Necessary Lies but a good summer mystery read.
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