Porter Wren is a journalist for a tabloid in Manhattan who thrives on scandal. When he's on the job, he sells murder, tragedy, and anything else that could be mistaken for the truth. At home, he is a loving husband and father who puts his family first. But when Caroline, a beguiling stranger, asks him to look into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he is lured into a very unpleasant case of sexual obsession and extortion-one that threatens his work, his wife, and his life.