Russell Avery, a laid-off reporter working as a private investigator, is desperate for work. A detective asks him to look into one of the Brick City's most haunting mysteries: the Twilight Four killings. Supposedly the wrong man was convicted in the arson-murders of four teenagers. As Avery starts untangling the complications of a decades-old murder, he runs into opposition from City Hall and is dragged into the middle of a contentious Mayoral race that could impact Newark for generations to come
