Seattle, 1907. “The wickedest city in America.” — McClure’s Magazine.

Honey Jack Gallagher serves as enforcer for a family of tough Irish cops who maintain law and order in Seattle’s red light district — for a price.

Adrienne Cody fled her mill-town upbringing in search of freedom. Which she finds in gritty form as an idealistic young visiting nurse.

These two totally different people share just one thing in common: Julie Moran, a glamorous prostitute with friends in too many places. And when Adrienne tries to help Julie’s secret child, she lays bare a web of corruption and betrayal that starts a parade of bodies crossing the coroner’s slab.

The next one might be hers.