Maddie Schwartz is a Jewish housewife determined to escape a concealed history and reinvent herself as an investigative journalist. Cleo Sherwood is a mother navigating the political intricacies of Black Baltimore while doing her best to support her family. Their disparate lives may seem parallel, but when Maddie becomes fixated on Cleo's perplexing death, a chasm opens that puts everyone around them in danger.

Based on the 2019 novel by bestselling author Laura Lippman.