Following the death of her father, Amanda seeks out her long estranged mother, who at their first meeting confesses to having killed two men in retribution to the assassination of her sister, the popular writer K.Penza back in 1986. Before she knows it, Amanda finds herself drawn into the incumbent darkness that has marred her family history as she tries to come to terms with the scars of the past.

Sam is dead - to everyone else at least. After wishing on a shooting star, Sam struggles to find her place in the universe when everyone she knew forgets she existed- except her grandpa.

Detective Thomas Borg is a troubled cop obsessed with solving a series of disappearances. His investigation is complicated by the sudden reappearance of Kristina, his former lover and informant, who claims to have information about the case.