After surviving a brutal attack by a deranged fellow employee, Jorja Knight has started her life over as a private investigator. The gritty reality of her new job hits home when her search for a wealthy Holocaust survivor's long-lost nephew unearths a web of blackmail, deceit, and murder. Haunted by a secret from her own past, Jorja struggles to unpeel layers of half-truths and lies, as she fights to keep herself, and her street informants alive.