A child's mysterious death. A long-buried secret. Hidden romantic love. All converge when twenty-nine-year-old investigative reporter Marly Maines attempts to unearth the truth behind the sudden death of six-year-old Libby Kirshka, found dead in a creek bed not far from her home on Halloween night. The shocking case is never solved. A decade later, the story still haunts the upper-middle-class suburban Philadelphia neighborhood, and Marly is determined to solve it. In the midst of pursuing answers, her own life is at stake as someone wants both her and the story to go away.