Jane Bernstein was seventeen when her adored older sister, Laura, was stabbed to death by a stranger who had no apparent motive. Two decades later, she found herself haunted by the tragedy. Like a detective, she began to reimmerse herself in the murder, obsessively reviewing articles and records, and interviewing attorneys, detectives, and even the father of her sister's killer. The hard truths she unearthed called into question her identity as daughter, mother, and wife. They also revealed how unacknowledged loss profoundly, if silently, warps the lives of those it leaves in its wake...