DOBRY KOWALSKI, a retired police detective turned newspaper journalist has been assigned to write the first story about GREGORY ROBINSON, a former neighbor he loathes for killing a young store clerk and her unborn child that he helped put behind bars. At the threat of being fired, he reluctantly takes the assignment. Dobry ignores the agenda of his story assignment and instead pushes Robinson to admit that he murdered the store clerk, which Robinson had never done. Dobry grows increasingly frustrated with Robinson’s traumatic memory loss, and his inability to recall the events on the day the clerk was killed, and believes it’s all an act. DAVID BODINE, Dobry’s boss, is concerned that Dobry’s reluctance to take the assignment will cause him to miss the story’s deadline, so he assigns BECCA VIGLIONE, a spry and gutsy journalist, to assist him.
