In the sweltering summer of 1974, Mary Pat Fennessy’s world is shattered when her daughter, Jules, disappears in Boston’s Irish enclave, “Southie.”
Mary Pat, struggling to make ends meet, sets out to find Jules, just as a young Black man is mysteriously killed by a subway train. These two events seem unrelated, but as she digs deeper, she uncovers dangerous secrets that put her at odds with the Irish mob, led by the ruthless Marty Butler.
With the city’s racial tensions boiling over amid violent school desegregation protests, Mary Pat faces powerful enemies who will stop at nothing to protect their interests.
As Mary Pat edges closer to the truth, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to save her daughter. Will her search for justice end in tragedy?
