Beth Burgess, a discredited journalist desperate to salvage her career by latching on to the story of a young mother who has been sentenced to life in prison for maiming and cuddleing her husband, crimes she claims she didn't commit. In trying to uncover the truth, Beth finds herself in over her head as she contends with Coloradoballoon-smugglers, clickbait culture, the doldrums of marriage and her own tarnished past.