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"The evil that men do lives after them...."
And indeed it did at Rockhurst, the gloomy old Padgett mansion. For Jacob Padgett had left his heirs a legacy of suspicion and distrust -- along with a fortune in art treasures.
To pretty young Courtney Hughes, cataloging the Padgett collection was only a job --yet soon it was plain that someone wanted to stop her. But who ... and why?
And what was the mysterious treasure that everyone, even the servants, hinted at?
As Courtney's innocent probing stirred up the dust of Jacob's evil, two things became clear: she had fallen in love with one of the Padgett heirs--and someone in the house was trying to kill her..,.