When pop diva Sheila Lews dies under puzzling circumstances Clarisse Dufresne is approached by agents of a shadowy international crime syndicate with a propositionWhat if after a period of time say five yearsyeah make it five yearsit was discovered that Sheila had left behind some unmixed tracks songs she had been working on before she died but didnt release What do you think a find like that would be worth Clarisse refuses to participate in the fraud and is rescued by a mysterious man named Maurice Crevier who conceals both his face and his intentions behind a black obsidian mask But the savior soon becomes Clarisses tormentor when she learns that she is not his guest as he professes but his prisoner Despite it alland against her better judgmentClarisse feels a growing fascination and affection for her jailer as well as his odd henchmena voodoopracticing Haitian and a young chef who is haunted by the ghost of her mother Until a second attempt is made on her life And a third