After a late night on the town, New Haven police reporter Annie Seymour is called to cover the death of a beautiful Yale University co-ed, who she soon discovers had a secret life. Annie links the girl's death to a network of vice and fraud buried deep in the city's shadows, but is shocked to find that her own mother is involved. With help from a sexy private investigator, Annie stumbles upon one obstacle after another: Her cop lover stonewalls her, her editor pulls her off the story to cover a surreal parade of fiberglass cows, and an overeager cub reporter nips at her heels to get the story for himself. Caught in the middle, Annie must take the biggest gamble of her career: Outwit a dangerous con man to uncover the truth that could win her that elusive Pulitzer ... or a mention in the next day's obituary.