In middle class Park Slope. alongside beautiful Park Slope, young Christine Ferrier, is attempting to rebuild a life, shattered by her husband's traumatic loss at sea. When her neighbor, talk show host, Maggie Jarratt, is bludgeoned to death, and a second victim found, the police greet her defense of Jerry Jarratt with scorn. As old secrets surface, a strange band of street musicians arrive to play at the annual block party, and tales of old evils are retold. More deaths follow but a fatal explosion and fire can bring only false closure.