It all started with a little twist of the truth... Sophie Graham is working in a bar when her old school 'friend', Electra, walks in with her parents. Reluctant to admit to this glamorous family that she is a member of staff, Sophie decides to elaborate her dull life, and announces that she is a private investigator. Months later, she is contacted by Electra's wealthy father, who tells her that his daughter has gone missing and he would like to pay Sophie to find her. Sophie, still haunted by disturbing memories of her school days with Electra and the 'in crowd' who had bullied her, and tempted also by the generous sum of money offered, decides she must get involved and agrees to begin the search. But as Sophie lets herself into Electra's apartment for the first time, she opens herself to temptations she never had - a plush home, a closet of designer clothes. She also has reason to contact Electra's friends - the girls she had so hated at school. But will all this lead her to Electra? Or is she being sent on some wild goose chase around the streets of New York? Soon Sophie realises that her lie has exposed her to a conspiracy that will lead her to obsession. She is at the centre of something far more complex than she ever imagined, and only she can put an end to it once and for all. If, that is, she really wants to...