Determined to earn a living as an investigator, Molly persuades private detective Paddy Riley to take her on as an apprentice. Her training ends almost immediately when she finds Paddy dead in his office and discovers that his current cases may have brought him into conflict with dangerous clients.
Molly takes over the investigation and follows Paddy’s contacts through Greenwich Village’s writers, actors and political radicals. Her questions reveal that the murder is connected to secrets someone is prepared to kill again to protect.