Lauren Laurano's friend Elissa is in trouble. Her elderly aunt has been found brutally stabbed to death, and Elissa, with no alibi and in line to inherit a large sum of money, is the chief suspect. Undaunted, Lauren takes on the case, using her unique combination of street-savy detecting and electronic know-how to find the real killer. Tapping into the Internet for clues, Lauren gets more than she bargained for. First on-line, then in person, she meets Alex, a young woman to whom she is powerfully attracted. And just as Lauren thinks she has her hands full, one of her dearest friends is hospitalized and Lauren begins receiving death threats herself.