Just minutes before a bullet shatters Ethan McMurray’s skull, he tells his wife, Arial, that he loves her. But during this frantic cell phone call from the road, McMurray also makes a strange and disturbing request: he asks her to find the hidden communication in the books of their company, make backups of the company records, dissolve the business, and leave town.

Six months later, still reeling from her husband’s unexpected death-one that the authorities have labeled as a gang initiation killing-Arial moves to Newfield, Massachusetts, the Boston suburb where she grew up. Now, bar brawls and girl fights are all part of life for young widow Arial and her prankster sidekick Eli Winters.

But her husband’s past soon catches up with her, and the mystery of his death deepens. Aided by Marco Romano, local hottie and security specialist, she tries to solve Ethan’s murder. They separate the good guys from the bad while trying to stop the killer from adding Arial to his growing list of bodies.