Grave Secrets

It's summer of '73 and America is riveted by wall-to-wall Watergate. Carol Hagan follows the news from Bethany, Iowa, confident that covering city council meetings and car wrecks for the Daily Bugle will be just a quick stop on her road to the New York Times. Joan Sizemore has a longer view of life in Bethany. She dreams of turning an old farmstead into a writer's haven. The women's lives converge when Joan's welcome to rural life is jolted by a grisly discovery. The newcomer challenges the reporter to learn the truth of the old homicide. When Carol's sources run dry, she's ready to let the story rest in peace. But odd conversations revive her curiosity. Are the criminals in her backyard, or has Watergate fever gotten the best of her? With stubborn resolve, the reporter cracks open a cold case of revenge and corruption that stretches from Iowa to California. On the brink of a career-making story, Carol comes perilously close to the end of that career.