Abandoned as a child, Jodie Crooke is now a well-balanced young criminology professor whose lifelong obsession with murder mysteries has led her to moonlight as a private investigator. When an old newspaper article surfaces about an explosion at a local marina-dated the same day she was found-Jodie's curiosity about her origins is sparked. Armed with an online P.I. Certificate, a PHD in Criminology and a rare ability to read people's auras, she begins to peel back the layers of her past. However, Jodie soon discovers this cold case is anything but cold. Someone's in on her investigation, someone is pulling the strings, and someone is placing her directly in the line of fire.