A fateful summer brings fatal lies and long-held secrets to light. Until now, Sycamore Glen has been the perfect American small-town idyll: sheltered children, families who have known each other their entire lives, friendly neighbors helping one another. But as summer arrives, the beautiful facade suddenly begins to crack. First, a little girl disappears without a trace. Then, a boy nearly drowns before everyone's eyes in the pool, the center of the otherwise cheerful community life. Finally, a young woman returns from the north with her two daughters. Why did Jencey flee Sycamore Glen after high school, and where is her husband now? Gradually, the residents begin to entangle themselves more and more in the web of lies that has been spun from garden fence to garden fence for years.