Claree's sister Ivy was run down by Ron, a financier whose rejected crush curdled into murder. He buried the body, then used her younger brother's gambling debts to buy the family's silence. Claree learns the truth and decides the law is too slow for what he did.
She works her way into Ron's orbit, letting his curiosity do the heavy lifting while she learns how he thinks. Every dinner, every favor, every inch of access is a move on the board. Ron is careful, paranoid, and used to winning. Claree has to stay close enough to gather what she needs without becoming another body he has to dispose of.
