Elizabeth Stanton fled New York for Seattle, trading a career on Broadway for a teaching position in theater arts and a house built like a beautiful fort. But when she discovers one of her students dead inside an empty theater, Beth risks her own safety to discover the truth of Alyson’s death—a truth that lies hidden in the histories of four women and the events surrounding the production of the play Madame Butterfly. In this psychological mystery life imitates art, with deadly consequences.