People die. Secrets don't. Sam Hutchings was looking for a writing muse. She hoped that the family cabin at Bird Lake would spark her keyboard, a fire that had been smothered by self-loathing, cheap wine, and her daughter Meg's summer vacation. An innocent stroll down memory lane begins to unravel the story Sam had heard about her father: What did he do for a living? How did he actually die? Those who know the truth are nearer than she imagines, and protecting their secrets is worth killing for. As the old family stories begin to disintegrate, can Sam and Meg figure out the actual story? And, can they uncover the dangerous plot by ex-U.S. military men - before it's too late? Samantha Hutchings has sequestered herself at the family cabin at Bird Lake to write the Great Canadian Novel, but what she discovers is that her father had secrets, lots of them, bubbling to the surface almost thirty years after his death. Bird Lake has deadly secrets too. If Sam isn't careful, she might become one of them.