In 1931, Emily Thornhill, one of the few women in the Chicago press, covers the murders of Asta Eicher and her three children in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. Obsessed with finding out what happened to this beautiful family, Emily allies herself with the man funding the investigation.

"A journalist sets out to find a missing friend, a friend who may never have existed at all. Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs to get out of Boston when she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who has just left a troubled relationship. Emmy proposes they move to rural Pennsylvania, where Leah can get a teaching position and both women can start again. But their new start is threatened...

Teresa Anglada ve cómo su vida de periodista de éxito se desmorona cuando su hija Jimena desaparece en el Museo de Arte Reina Sofía de Madrid sin dejar rastro. Presa del pánico, Teresa tarda en caer en un detalle: su hija ha desaparecido un 21 de diciembre, el mismo día que lo hizo su padre en 1970. Lo que todavía no sabe es que una de sus antecesoras murió en ese mismo lugar sesenta y siete años atrás, cuando el museo era el Hospital Provincial...