Phoebe Radcliff is thrilled when Miss Drake, a renowned painter, employs her to complete a complicated ballroom renovation. Everything changes, however, the moment Miss Drake is murdered. With her last breath she imparts the location of a clue to Phoebe. Can the biggest secret of Avonthorpe Hall be true - the rumored treasure real? Determined to find the treasure, Phoebe also works to uncover the truth about Miss Drake's death. Caught up in a deadly race for answers, Phoebe must find a way to breach the shroud of lies that surrounds every last resident in the house and face a past she's been running away from for far too long.