When the gleaming new Manderley Resort opens for a press preview in twenty-four hours, Santa Barbara's exclusive beachfront hotel will offer its patrons the ultimate in luxury and high-tech security. But all the money in the world can't guarantee absolute safety. As hotel manager Tessa and her employees ready the hotel for its invitation-only grand opening, a killer is in their midst, and one by one, members of the staff are picked off with ruthless precision. Before the night is over, it will become clear that the strangest and most terrible truth at Manderley is simply this: someone is watching. Always.