As a pilot's wife in the New England of her birth, nothing prepared Kathryn Lyons for the late-night knock at the door informing her husband Jack has died in a crash. Even before the plane is located in the waters off the coast of Ireland, the tragedy becomes the subject of a media frenzy. Could there be any truth to the bizarre, disturbing rumours that Jack Lyons led a secret life? When the plane's black box is recovered, it pins responsibility for the crash on Jack. To clear his name, Kathryn searches for clues to the hours before the flight. Struggling with her gried, and fighting the urge to protect herself and her precocious daughter from the mystery involving the crash, Kathryn is determined to learn who her husband really was, whaterver that knowledge may cost.