"I've heard the dead whisper,"

It's 1936, and though Jessilyn Lasiter and her best friend Gemma Teague had survived prejudice and heartache in their life-long friendship, this summer threatens to tear them apart yet again. Gemma's job with the wealthy Hadley family leads to a crush on their youngest son. But Jessilyn's insistence that he's no good and that no rich white man would ever truly fall for a poor black girl like Gemma puts them at odds.

Tragedy strikes when Jessilyn's cherished neighbor girl is hit by a car and killed. Things get worse when an elderly friend is falsely accused of the crime, and the only way to clear his name is to put her family's livelihood in jeopardy. For Jessilyn, this is a choice too hard to bear and she wonders where to turn of answers, especially when an angry mob threatens vigilante justice.