"1899: On an innocent day -- With her father abroad, twelve-year-old Maggie Delito accidentally discovers a scandalous act that will forever change her life. The next day she's locked in an asylum. Beneath its polish of respectability, a wicked villainy hides in dank shadows. Patients are disappearing--and Maggie fears she will be next. Can she survive until rescue, or must she hazard a desperate escape? 1974: Seventy five years later -- Laura Delito inherits more than her grandmother's assets when her prestigious family's mysterious past comes knocking. Cryptic messages. A strange old woman. Secret meetings. And a rare antique key that might unlock the truth, if only she could find it. As she pursues clues from Hartford and Providence to Italy and Morocco, she doesn't see a lethal danger looming in an office down the hall."--Page [4] of cover.
