Molly inherits several of Paddy Riley’s cases, including the search for a runaway Irish heiress and an undercover assignment in a garment factory where dress designs are being stolen. When a woman’s body is recovered from the East River, Molly fears that the missing young woman has become the victim of a wider criminal scheme.
Her inquiries lead from sweatshops and labour disputes to the gangs of New York and the dead woman’s lover, Mike Kelly. Molly must connect the thefts, disappearances and killings before those profiting from the city’s poorest workers silence her.