An unlikely alliance between an accused killer who swears she is innocent and a grieving journalist who would rebuild her shattered life leads to a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse.

Investigating the story of a middle-class family evicted from their suburban home--and on other foreclosures--reporter Jane Ryland soon learns the truth behind a scheme where the players will stop at nothing, including murder, to keep their goal a secret.

Lily Atwood, a beloved television reporter with fame, fortune, Emmy awards and a young daughter is spooked when the anonymous source who feeds her tips begins suddenly giving her inside information about her own life.

Discovering that she has witnessed the collapse of an alibi after reporting a hit and run, Boston reporter Jane Ryland convinces a date rape victim to come forward as part of an exposé on college campus sexual assaults, an assignment that is complicated by an ominous threat.