They're young, smart, mostly beautiful... and naive enough to believe they can make a difference. For three graduate students, a class at the country's best journalism school was supposed to teach them how to free the innocent from prison. Little did they know the most important lesson they'd learn is how to stay alive.
The first day of class for Ian Joyce and Sarah Gold starts like any other, until a fellow student, Jake Havens, pulls a wrinkled envelope from his jacket. Inside is a blood-stained scrap of shirt from a boy murdered fourteen years ago and an anonymous note taking credit for the killing. The only problem is the man convicted of the murder is already dead.
Suddenly, the class has a new assignment: find the real killer. As the case unravels, the bodies and questions begin to pile up. Why are innocent men being framed in Chicago? And who's been getting away with murder?
As the hunt for a serial killer unfolds, the students realise they too are being hunted by the very men and women sworn to uphold the law. These students are smart... but are they smart enough to stay alive?
