A terrific psychological thriller! Hunt Bailey is a small-town doctor who meets Cissie Bedereaux on a train to New York. Cissie tells him about her strange family, including her volatile brother Nick, and his beautiful but damaged young wife, Allida. When Hunt learns that Cissie has died mysteriously, he becomes curious about the family and sets out to meet them. He is immediately drawn to Allida, but is warned that she is losing her mind. But is Nick all that he seems? Or is Allida in grave peril?