The Leonides appeared to be a close, happy family - but once the patriarch of the family, Astrides Leonides, is murdered, the relations between the surviving members prove to be as ramshackle as the sprawling house they inhabit.

In the aftermath of the death, the claustrophobic atmosphere of the house intensifies each family member's suspicions...until the veneer of the loving family is tarnished by grief, anguish, and something altogether more lethal...