In 1963, Carol Thompson, church-going wife and devoted mother of four, is found in a bloody heap on her neighbor's doorstep; now, detectives must peel away the layers of her picture-perfect life to reveal the victim's painful secrets.

In Bronx, NY, 1941, tea for two ends in murder and investigators must count on many brave women coming forward to give testimony of their terrifying encounters in order to bring the killer to justice.