As a child growing up in the Nigerian countryside, Chioma had warned her restless sister, Anya, about the trappings of the American Dream. Now ten years later, Anya is accused of killing three men in a Hollywood Hills mansion, one of them her record producer-husband. Chioma travels from Nigeria to Los Angeles, and with the help of a young, unproven attorney, she discovers that the dark secret her sister wants to keep hidden might be the only thing that can win her freedom.