Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are living it up on a mother-daughter retreat and Paradise Spa, where their biggest worry is weather to go for a cucumber facial or a splash in the waterfall. And with so many cute guys on staff, the girls decide that what their boyfriends back home don't know won't hurt them!
Then Jessica and Lila Fowler go for a late-night swim and find a dead body in the steam bath! The manager insists the death is a freak accident, but when Alice Wakefield dissapears, Elizabeth and Jessica are terrified there's a murderer on the loose. Desperate to find their mother, the twins set a deadly trap - with Elizabeth as the bait!
Enid's right, Elizabeth reflected. It is as if everyone who works here took some kind of magic beauty pill. She started to think about the unusually young employees, and the strange rule about not leaving the grounds that Chris had told her applied to all staff members, every day of the week - even when they weren't working. She pictured Katya's sad eyes and recalled the remark about her mother that hinted somehow at sorrow or loss. Suddenly Elizabeth shivered, despite the balmy air wafting through the open window. For a brief moment the enchantment of her evening with Chris faded, leaving her with a vague feeling of foreboding. Paradise Spa was a beautiful place . . . wasn't it? Or was it possible that all wasn't quite as perfect as it seemed?