Just when Mary Ellen Samuels found herself on the verge of a messy divorce, her husband turned up dead. The investigation that followed would reveal a bewildering conspiracy that included two hit men who'd been hired to kill the hit man who'd been hired to kill Mary Ellen's husband.

When 16-year-old Sarah Johnson snuck out to spend the night with her older boyfriend, her mom and dad grounded her. She would soon find herself facing a far more serious punishment after police found her parents brutally murdered.