Turner is dead. Poisoned. Many had feared him, most had thoroughly disliked him, but still . . . Professor Polly Ann Passarelli witnessed the agonizing death. She is still in shock. And now the rotter's infamous files are missing - files that contain dirt on most of the power people on campus, including Polly Ann. She is far down local law enforcement's list of suspects, not only because the police chief is a close friend and neighbor. However, the secret she has held for a dozen years now makes her the chief target for assault, abduction, and murder.