Five years ago, Sam O'Connor's sister Chloe died in New York, just another accidental overdose at the Chelsea Hotel. But now, someone has sent Sam a mysterious postcard claiming that Chloe actually died of gunshot wounds and that she was investigating a political conspiracy. Sam has to find out what really happened. As she navigates the twisted trail between fact and fantasy, she is forced to confront some difficult truths about her sister and, more frightening, about herself. Nairne Holtz, a writer, librarian, and bibliographer, lives in Montreal. This is her first novel.