Danger knows you, but you don't know him... yet. Laguna Beach, California - a soft, idyllic art colony, haven for the eclectic rich. And peril is the last thing on the minds of young willful Pandora and her literary sister Jackie as they drink in a blissful lifestyle cosseted by their doting father - until he's killed. With crushing grief come terrible secrets - murder & bankruptcy, including his software company - their only income. In the midst of crippling fear, Pandora's estranged London lover suddenly arrives with his sinister brother. Why now and why does it all feel so wrong? Or is grief working overtime? And why are they furtive, focused on software? Has something truly dark entered their lives? This fast-paced thriller follows unsuspecting sisters embroiled in a dangerous world of lies, terrorism, software secrets, desperate financing, sex, murder, FBI shadowing and child protection.