In this classic “gaslight” tale of romantic suspense and adventure the setting isSan Francisco, and the year is 1919—just thirteen years after the devastatingearthquake and fire.The City, though, now pulsates with renewed life, as eighteen-year-oldMerideth Hyde arrives after a long absence, anticipation mingled withforeboding, to dispose of valuable, inherited property and to search for hermother—who might or might not have died in the 1906 debacles. Before she can accomplish these tasks, her life is endangered by the plottings of imposters,fortune hunters, and deadly assault by an unseen stranger.How should she interpret the cryptic warnings of her handsome yetstrangely mocking new friend? And finally, what is the childhood event, toopainful to recall that will unlock these mysteries and end the threats against her?