Private Investigator Rachel Lyons discovers a corpse while hiking the recently burned hillsides of Southern California. While the coroner rules the old man's death an accident by wildfire, Rachel's keen eye and instincts lead her to a more disturbing conclusion. 

When she gets invited to a secretive quilting group that meets not far from where the body was found, she begins to unravel a tangled web of terrible family secrets through the clues hidden in the stitches of a mysterious quilt. Her involvement with the close-knit quilters quickly becomes a dark and dangerous investigation.