A man named Walter Stackhouse gets convicted with the murder of his wife, Clara. However, his actions and words constantly throw the reader from thinking whether he actually committed the murder or not.

What happened to Clara in a kind of murder?

Things take an awful turn as suddenly Clara is found dead at the foot of a cliff while she was on her way to see her dying mother. His desire to be free of her feeds his obsession with Kimmel, a man suspected of brutally murdering his own wife.

Who killed Clare in a kind of murder?

Kimmel's wife is murdered and found near a tavern, and an aggressive cop, Laurence Corby (Vincent Kartheiser) is positive Kimmel is the killer. However, a young man has given him an alibi - he and Kimmel were both in the theater to see Butterfield 8 at the same time.