From #1 bestselling Canadian author Heather Marshall (Looking for Jane) comes a riveting, page-turning and intertwining story of two women whose destinies are linked over decades.
Toronto, 1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine, surrounded by some of the best women journalists in the country whose articles tackle the controversial topics no other women's publication dares to touch. When a bombshell letter lands on Emily's desk from an inmate at the notorious Mercer Women's Prison, Emily sees a scoop that could launch her career. After convincing her boss that she's ready for the job, she goes undercover in the prison to learn whether the shocking claims in the whistleblower's letter are true. But what she doesn't know is that getting into the prison will turn out to be the easy part; the problem is getting back out. . .
Huron County, 1996: Unidentified female remains are discovered in an unmarked grave in a small town Ontario cemetery, and Detective Rachel Mackenzie is tasked with trying to unravel the mystery. But when the investigation and her own dark history begin to intertwine, trauma from Rachel's past threatens to surface from where she's kept it carefully buried.
Inspired by true events and the real-life Toronto women's prison that was the first of its kind in Canada, Liberty Street vividly brings to life the historic treatment of mentally ill and incarcerated women while shining a light on the dark realities of various 'prisons' that hold women captive.