A single mother and lawyer, Iris has a demanding boss, a young son with behavior issues, and a judgmental, aloof mother. Though she loves her son, Aaron, fiercely, she despairs over his intense outbursts.
One thing that keeps Aaron calm is the large aquarium in Iris’ s mother’ s home. Iris has never understood why Agatha, usually so detached, would keep an oversize tank filled with exotic tropical fish. Her mother won’ t say— until an incident involving one of the fish leads Iris to make a shocking discovery.
She has an older brother. His name is Ray.
Why did her mother hide Ray’ s existence from her? Curious about this sibling she has never known, Iris begins to search for long-buried truths. What she learns surprises— and horrifies— her. Her older brother is autistic— and in a hospital for the criminally insane for brutally murdering his neighbor and her little girl.
When she meets Ray, she meets a man who looks heartbreakingly like her own son. There is no question that Ray is odd and obsessive, unable to communicate like the rest of us. But is he really a killer— a beast who committed a brutal murder because of a broken heart?
