Toby Kipton's life is disintegrating. First he loses his job. Then, forced to leave the big city, he must return to his small hometown to bury his father.

Toby becomes obsessed with his father's mistress, a woman with whom his dad carried on a secret twenty-year affair. Unraveling the truth leads him deep into the nest of intrigue and vengeful gossip that plagues any small town, and soon Toby uncovers evidence that may tie his father to a local swingers' club--and murder.