"LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis sees it all the time: Reinventions a way of life in a city fueled by fantasy. But try as you might to erase the person you once were, there are those who will never forget the past... and who can still find you. A pool boy enters a secluded Bel Air property and discovers two bodies floating in the bri'ht blue water: Gio Aggiunta, the playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire, and a gorgeous, even wealthier neighbor...

Homicide detective Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware probe the hallowed halls of Windsor Prep Academy, one of L.A.'s most prestigious prep schools, searching for the killers of a murdered woman.