1881, Chicago: The life of the theatre is all Lilly Long has known, but after her savings are taken from her by a seductive scoundrel, Lilly vows to leave the stage and save others from a similar fate. When famed crime buster Allan Pinkerton opens his agency's doors to a handful of women, Lilly persuades him to take her on... Her first case is to solve the mystery of a pastor who disappeared with his family and the church's funds.