Two dead men changed the course of Kinsey Millhone's life that fall. One she knew, the other is a John Doe in the morgue. The two deaths appeared to be unrelated --one a murder, the other apparently from natural causes. When Kinsey is called upon to dig deeper into the mystery of the two deaths, some very strange links begin to emerge. Before long, at least one problem is solved when Kinsey literally finds the key to the John Doe's identity.