Avery Mason, the charismatic host of American Events, knows how to capture the attention of a TV audience with gripping subjects. Her latest story is a murder mystery entwined with elements of kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal, ensuring high ratings. Recent advancements in DNA technology have allowed the New York medical examiner’s office to identify a 9/11 victim, Victoria Ford, who was accused of gruesomely murdering her married lover. In her final plea to her sister, Victoria begged for proof of her innocence.
Emma Kind has yearned for two decades to lay her sister to rest, but true closure eludes her until Victoria’s name is cleared. Acting alone hasn’t yielded results, and Emma believes that Avery’s connections and fame can make a difference. Eager to secure a more lucrative network contract, Avery dives into investigative mode. Victoria had been involved with a successful novelist found dead in his Catskills mansion, hanging from the balcony. Victoria’s DNA was everywhere, creating a twisted puzzle of her private life.
Yet, the complexities of Victoria’s story are just the tip of the iceberg. Unbeknownst to Avery, there are other players in the game with an interest in her own secretive past—a past she has carefully concealed from both network executives and her television audience. A secret she believed was long buried and forgotten.