Michael Bowen

In Washington, a woman delegate at a policy conference is offering a secret in return for a job. When she is found dead, everyone assumes suicide because she could not get work, but foreign service veteran Richard Michaelson's experience with the capital's secrets tells him it was murder.

When Scott and Karen, a struggling married couple, take their daughter, Emma, to a picturesque lake house, they hope they can take the opportunity to put their problems behind them. Scott even hires a nanny, Gwen, to give them more time to spend together. Gwen does well working with Emma, but the little girl begins fixating on an imaginary friend she calls the Fish Man. Scott discards the notion, but Karen believes the friend is actually a strange...