Micky Knight reluctantly takes on two cases, one for money, one for pity.
The first is a trawl though archives to solve a century old murder, for an arrogant grandson who thinks riches should absolve his family of any sins.
The other, to answer a mother's anguish as she tries to understand her daughter's suicide.
Micky sees no happy ending to either case; the dusty pages of history aren't going to give up their secrets after holding them for so long.
And even if she finds answers for the mother'.