Criminology student and all-around cynic, Billy Frayne, loves a good fight. Taking on his entire class to defend his theory of the old Clarke murder case barely fazes him. But when Billy's snooty professor challenges him to prove his theory, he has to put up or shut up.
Billy accepts the challenge and triggers a chain of events that lead him down a path of deception, false clues, and lies. Increasingly obsessed, and unable to trust anyone, Billy must rely on his own wits to break free of the puzzle that entraps him.
If he wants the truth about the Clarke case he'll have to discover the truth of his own shadowy past first. But is he really ready to pull back that curtain? Will the killer silence him before he can put the murder, lies, and memories, together?