Tess has worked hard to keep her past buried, where it belongs. Then one more morning, Tess gets a call from the headmistress of her son, Rudy's, school: Lila Zeller, her son's girlfriend, has been found dead on the beach, not far from where Tess found Rudy just hours before. As the investigation escalates, Tess learns that this isn't the first blemish on the school's record, and realizes that not all skeletons will stay safely locked in the closet.