On Saturday 1st January when they found Erik's butchered and drowned body in Lake Michigan the wife of this well known Mexican Hollywood actor, Maya, was hiding in a dressing room playing around with Benedict her charming English lover whom she'd contracted after getting fed up with Erik. Chicago, the city which plays host to more Latinos than anywhere else and also has the highest rate of unsolved murders is where Maya finds herself trapped until she can work out the truth. With Benedict guiding her by the hand, she discovers all the secrets that Erik was hiding in plain sight, falling back in love with his ghost and becoming more and more trapped in the bloody web that is steadily weaving itself around her, trying to suffocate her.