A picnic for a couple of besotted teenagers ends in a double tragedy of murder and suicide. Why?A loving mother poisons her husband and children. Why?Recently recovered from a breakdown, television news reporter Kate Merrimac is given the easy assignment of covering a comeback concert for a reclusive singer-songwriter. Not interested in the music, she nevertheless finds herself puzzled by the famously philanthropic star and bemused by the young army of acolytes that surrounds him.What is it that demands such worldwide devotion, she wonders, when, seeking an interview, she studies the singer through fan websites? Then, flattered by his interest in her, she finds herself attracted to him...