Mystery author Mary Vance travels to Guilderland, NY to complete her novel. In a thrilling turn of events Mary is accused of murdering her neighbor.
Mary Vance is a best-selling murder mystery author who travels to her family’s cabin in the small town of Guilderland, New York to finish work on her latest novel. One stormy night she stumbles upon her elderly neighbor, Millie Tyson, who has been viciously murdered in the loft of her barn. In a surprising turn of events, Mary unwittingly becomes a suspect in Millie’s murder. Steve Logan, the town’s tough investigative sheriff, is determined to find the killer. Mary’s father (the wealthy Richard Vance), her friends - Eleanor and Mike Didsby, a relocated actor named David Sava and his ex-wife, Monica, round out the cast of characters in this chilling and unpredictable novel. It isn’t until a young reporter, Ryan Amesbury, from the Chicago Times Weekly, arrives that things begin to reach fever pitch. The final scenes of Guilderland unveil an unexpected revelation that will leave the reader in shock.