In Kathleen Haun's sixth historical fiction novel, packed with actual events of the 1880's, Amanda and Roger Murphy (introduced in No Trees for Shade) learn that sometimes secrets are revealed in layers. These secrets dramatically impact the lives of those who are keeping them, as well as those who uncover them. Meanwhile, the fortunes of once fabulously wealthy mining towns like Bodie in California and Virginia City in Nevada, are changing rapidly, as are the lives of their citizens -- and the society in which they live.