Although her marriage to George Waddley had been passionless, the widow Cecilia Haukstrom Waddley vows to unmask the man responsible for her husband's murder. Suspecting the culprit travels in society circles, she feigns near constant illness so that she can eavesdrop and pry at parties. But nothing is as it seems... Sir James Branstoke sees through Cecilia's supposed fragility. Intrigued by her odd behavior, he...