Jennifer Connors, activities director of Riverview Manor, is working late one night when she hears resident Nathaniel Pynchon pleading, "put out the light." Following Nate down a darkened corridor, Jennie discovers the body of Rosalie Cardamon.

Everyone at Riverview assumes the former actor has finally tumbled over the line separating fantasy from reality and committed murder, yet Jennie refuses to accept this. But if not Nate, then who? When she learns that wounds left by a thirty-year-old accident are still festering at Riverview Manor, Jennie wonders if Rosalie's death could be related. Unfortunately, the police are too busy investigating Nate to care.

To further complicate matters, Jennie has problems of her own. Her estranged husband Tom is demanding she pay less attention to the murder investigation and more to the safety of their children, a demand she is forced to take seriously when a bullet whizzes past her.

Starring Nathaniel Pynchon in the role of a lifetime, and welcoming newcomer Jennifer Connors, this murder mystery will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final curtain call.