"It's October 1981, and the Reagan administration has just declared that ketchup is a vegetable. Alison Ross has chosen to temporarily abandon her career as a lawyer so she can stay at home with her two young children. She'd like to find a part-time job, but because "the law is a jealous mistress," her search for part-time work has led nowhere. Early one morning, Alison stumbles across a dead body at her daughter's nursery school. Because she saw...