When the body of a British National is found at the base of the common house tower in Boston, assistant medical examiner Dr. Haley Higgins has no reason to believe it wasn’t suicide. That is, she didn't until investigative reporter Samantha Hawke gets an anonymous tip: the victim, a Mrs. Olivia Gray, was pushed from the seventh floor to her death. The question is why? Haley and Samantha must work together to unravel secrets that go back to a time that no one wants to remember—when shameful acts were sanctioned and death licked at everyone’s heels. What did Mrs. Gray know, and who wanted to silence her?