She is silent. She is beautiful. And she is dead.Prominent LA neurosurgeon Dr. June Kato finds a dead body in her traditional Japanese garden, a bloody dagger deep in the beautiful woman's belly. But was the young woman murdered or did she commit ritual seppuku? While June believes the young stranger has killed herself in an old-fashioned way, the police have other ideas. In no time at all, her home and life are invaded by police and crime scene investigators...