Everyone in Kensington pities Lucy Turner when she is jilted by the handsome young Rev. Reed Neimand. But why did he dump her so cruelly? Lucy corners him at a lavish country house party and demands an explanation. All the guests hear them argue. Late that night, Lucy discovers Reed's limp, unresponsive body in the ballroom. Is he dead, or just dead drunk? She rushes away to get help, but when she returns Reed has vanished. As the questions pile up, a series of strange accidents are blocking Lucy's search for the answers...