It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer. She devises a plan get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street.

時值一九五零年，新奧爾良的法國區蘊積了許多秘密，而十七歲的喬西．茉蓮也正默默地打著她的如意算盤。她在街訪鄰居的眼中是妓女之女，可是她渴望更美好的生活。待在新奧爾良並無法達成她的目標，於是她研擬計畫，打算離開，然而一件法國區的神祕命案讓喬西被捲入調查，這將挑戰她對母親、她的良知，以及康提街上粗魯的夫人──薇莉．伍德利的忠誠。