Mary Griffin is unexpectedly drawn into a murder when she goes to pick up an antique gathering basket for a wedding she is catering. She drops to the floor, picks up her gathering basket, and makes her escape through the front door of the antique shop. The killing had precipitated over a small black book that the victim had inadvertently placed in Marys gathering basket. It contained all the criminal activities of the killer and his partner and the password and account number of a Swiss bank account. When Mary realizes that her life is in danger, she attempts to leave New York only to find out that her three-year-old daughter has been kidnapped by the killer. The killer has one of his employees raise the child, keeping her hostage in hopes of recovering his black book. It is not until the childs seventeenth birthday when she seeks a reading from a fortune-teller that she told that she is not Amanda Martin. Uncovering the truth about her birth and her fraternal mother turns out to be a dangerous and precarious adventure for both the mother and the child.