Mac Sullivan, a former investigative reporter turned crime novelist, bough the ancient Craddock house in Lighthouse Cove, Oregon, and hires Shannon Hughes to restore it to its former glory, rather then cheap but shabby prime contractor, pushy Cliff Hogarth. Foreman Sean Brogans stumbles onto a young female corpse down he broken food elevator, but the autopsy confirms it's his long-missing sister Lily, then star quarterback Cliff's girlfriend, who just broke up, and the elevator was sabotage, she pushed to her death before being dumped-down. Lame police chief Jensen's astute deputy Tommy Sloane, collaborating closely with Mac, Shannon and friends. While they look into possible motives and opportunities surrounding principal Darren Dean's high-school, which Lily attended while writing diaries, one of which is found, prime suspect Cliff gets murdered himself and coach Brad is found involved in cheating with major school tests, but not the only staff hiding secrets.—KGF Vissers