Secret Lives

Everybody has something to hide At 75-years-old,Ethel Fiona Crestwater is used to being underestimated. She looks like someone’s grandmathough she’s never married or had children; petite and a bit frailshe’s not a threat to anyone. Or is she…? Ethel runs a boarding house for government agentsand when someone murders one of her boardersshe springs into action-much to the surprise of her distant cousin Jessewho has recently come to stay with her while he attends university. As he watches her photograph the crime sceneconceal evidenceand speed-dial the Secret Service DirectorJesse realizes that there’s much more to Ethel than appearances suggest. But when Jesse is assaulted and the gym bag full of cash Ethel had hidden is stolen from the basementthe pair decides it’s time to launch their own unofficial investigation. With no one to trust but each otherthese double-first-cousins-twice-removed form an unlikely bondand learn that the only thing truly worth risking your life for is family.