A young couple falls into the secretive world of the CIA after finding a mysterious key.
On the banks of one of Maryland's oldest sea towns, a secret is about to be revealed.
In suburban Baltimore, Polly McKenna, a housewife with a past she'd rather forget, won't rest until she tracks down the origins behind a murder confession on the back of her new grandfather clock. Her husband, Mitch, a former Marine with a guilty conscience, reluctantly follows. But when they discover an old friend wrote the shocking admission, a chilling scenario begins to unfold.
Drawn into the cryptic world of the CIA, the young couple race to stop him from killing again.
What the Mckennas don't know is that someone else is tracking their friend--someone with the power and desire to kill hundreds. And Mitch is the new target. Suddenly the reluctant one, Polly is forced to reach back into a world she left behind--a world that nearly took her life, a world Mitch knows nothing about.