<p>Still reeling from his wife's recent miscarriage Moe Prager is bullied into taking the case of an up-and-coming politico whose career has stalled over the suspicious disappearance of a young woman. It's been almost two years since Moira Heaton State Senator Steven Brightman's intern vanished on Thanksgiving Eve 1981. In spite of Brightman's best efforts to clear his name he has been tried and convicted in the press. As a reluctant Moe peels away the layers of the case he discovers the tragic circumstances of Moira Heaton's disappearance are buried deep in the past and that there is another more heinous crime at the heart of it all. Will the ugly truth set Brightman free or will it bury all the players beneath the crumbling artiface of corruption murder and hate?</p>