Sarah Brandt and her mother, Elizabeth, go to pay their respects to the Oakes family after the mysterious death of their son, Charles. As they are about to leave, Gearld Oakes, Charles's father, asks Sarah if she and Frank Malloy will look into his sons death, as he thinks Charles might have been murdered.
Sarah and Frank soon find out that Charles had indeed been poisoned, but learning who was able to poison him proves to be lot harder to solve. They learn that the reason for Charles being killed may go back as far as the Civil War. About the time they think they have the killer in their sights, they also suffer a similar death.
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