Out from the orphanage and after the first experiences, Mara decides to return to the home of her parents who have mysteriously died in an accident many years ago. Mara begins a new life: a new job, a boyfriend Eric, everything seems to work well. But the news that someone has come back to live in that house does not like to Werner Gruber, a German who years ago was the mayor of Westfield and lived in that house. Mara begins to be followed and is invited to leave the city immediately, but she continues to ignore all the threats and understands that actually someone knows and conceals the truth about the death of her parents. From the postman, Mara finds out who is the killer, for which the postman loses his life. Werner's wife, Harriet Gruber, advices Mara of the danger that she risks, but the situation is going out of control as for Mara to for killer. What happens next is essential, being one of the most controversial upheavals in the story.