Meryl Jones, a strikingly beautiful African-American woman, has successfully established herself in the competitive world of advertising. She is a single mother of a twenty-year-old daughter, Julie, who is embarking on a professional singing career. Her dreams and expectation of becoming a partner in Henry Wiggins' advertising agency are dashed as Meryl learns of the sudden death of her mentor. Henry has died. Suddenly the world changes and a shocking stream of events and revelations turn her life upside down. As Meryl delves deeper into the tangled net of intrigue, murder, romance and mystifying details, she is lost in a dizzying swirl of new discoveries about her own background and the maddening connections between Henry Wiggins and each of her associates. Meryl must sift through new developments like a detective. As the facts unfold, the story careens to a surprising climax... a web of secrets spills out changing everyone's lives forever... some for the better and some... well... In this gripping mystery, Margaret Rogers Van Coops makes her exciting debut into the fascinating world of fiction to explore the human psyche from a different perspective. What would you do with a large inheritance? Who would you trust? Who would you avoid? How far would you go to unravel the deep secrets of your past.?