Fearing for their lives, fleeing dangerous situations, Jane's clients come to her when they need to establish new identities, new lives where they won't be found. And when people are desperate enough to need Jane's services, they come to the old house in rural New York state where she was raised. It's there, one spring night, that Jane finds Sara, a young woman from LA with a whole lot of trouble behind her. Sara's boyfriend found out she had a lover. He then made Sara watch as he brutally killed the man. She testified against her boyfriend, but he was acquitted, and now he's trying to find her... and kill her. Outsmarting Sara's murderous boyfriend is not beyond Jane's skills. But he has some new friends: members of a Russian organized crime brotherhood. When they learn Sara is traveling with a tall, dark-haired woman who disappears people, the Russians become incredibly interested in helping out. They've heard rumours such a woman existed – and believe her knowledge of past clients could be worth millions. Thus begins a bloodthirsty chase that winds through the cities of the northeastern US before finally plunging into Maine's Hundred Mile Wilderness. Only one thing is certain: just one party – Jane or her pursuers – will emerge alive...

Sequel to: A string of beads.