Don Kendall is a successful advertising executive on Madison Avenue whose girlfriend, Marna Anderson is murdered for no apparent reason. He is determined to find her murderer and learns that Marna was a major player in a far-reaching Wall Street insider trading scheme involving millions. Soon, he finds himself being pursued and his life threatened. After a debilitating cab accident alters his life and its direction, he leaves his prestigious career to pursue his interest in spiritualism and to write a book about the Lincoln assassination. Mary Saratt, the woman hanged as a conspirator in the assassination appears to him. Is it a dream, a hallucination, or a visitation from the other side? To escape from New York and to find a serene place in which to write, Don travels across the country and disappears in Wyoming-his van mysteriously pulled off an exit with its door open and motor running. Don's devoted sister, Kathy and their mother go out to Wyoming in an effort to find him. After encountering an uncooperative local sheriff, they discover a series of fascinating clues. Tom Sanderson, an NYPD detective, joined by his new partner, expose the crimes of the security firm responsible for protecting the fund managers' secrets. In the dramatic conclusion of this gripping novel, the fate of Don Kendall and a myriad of unanswered questions are revealed.