Lauren Kaye has her friends more than a little concerned.

The feisty and independent Daily Gleaner reporter, now encased in an upper body cast due to injuries, is being compliant, docile, and cooperative. Mildly alarmed, Robert Mallory arranges to whisk her from his mansion in Northwoods Glen on Long Island to a posh hotel in New York City for the Broadway opening of The King and I as a treat; he also conspires with opera star Ashton Harper to entice Lauren into using her investigative skills to solve a puzzle. Harper's mentor, Alden Whitaker, a reclusive invalid with a secret past, claims he is being haunted by mysterious and terrifying things in his bedchamber.

In a whirlwind, long weekend, Lauren?with the help of her friends?discovers Whitaker is being subjected to seemingly paranormal horrifying sounds, distorted words, and ghostly images in his mirror with one goal: reveal the hiding place of a treasure by breaking his spirit with ... Deadly Reflections!