A voice ... a shooting ... an old mystery ... a lost romance. Laura, a retired librarian, hears a voice in a historic gold rush town and uncovers a 150-year-old mystery. She fears the mental illness that stalks women in her family is upon her, not aware ghosts of the past have found her in the present. Her husband Harry, who has counted on retirement to rekindle their romance, tackles the mystery with impatient anxiety only to become trapped in a deadly chain of events set off as he tries to solve Laura's puzzle ... and the puzzle of Laura.