Claire Hunter, an almost famous painter, is engaged to handsome, wealthy Max Compton. Their upcoming destination wedding in Italy is the talk of the town. People would kill for an invite. But something about her beloved does bother her—why won’t Max talk about his dead wife? Max and Claire’s wedding will take place on Isle Isola, the remote Italian island the Comptons have vacationed on for generations. When they arrive on the island, they are greeted with a terrible finding, the skeletal remains of a former island resident, missing for many years. Their first night on the island, their wedding planner plunges down the main staircase and dies. Then wedding guests start to disappear, causing a cascade of terrible events. The Comptons, Max included, swing into gear against these threats, but they aren’t telling Claire—or anyone—the whole truth. Can a public family have private secrets? Because the Comptons’ worst secrets are coming back to haunt them, and Claire Hunter is the only one who can unravel decades of lies.