"Philadelphia, 1924. It's been three months since crime reporter Poppy Thornton was almost killed by the chief suspect in a high society murder. She is determined to get the real story and see justice done, but the culprit has fled Philadelphia.... with the murder victim's widow. As the international manhunt for the killer progresses, Poppy, Chesterton Holte - her "gentleman haunt" - and Police Inspector J.B. Loring face a new mystery: the disappearance...