Two women from opposite sides of the tracks never thought their paths would cross. It just didn't happen in the small town of Smith, Idaho, where the town is divided into two halves: the rich and the poor. Where privileged, gifted Annie Costa has grown up getting everything she ever wanted in life, Maria Jonas is left bitter and angry by the opportunities she has lacked. It's neither of the women's faults they grew up that way, but when they meet for the first time, they can't help but be, well, shocked. The privileged and the povertized rarely interact. When Annie's bright, cheerful, future-starlet little sister, Jessie, is suddenly murdered, and Maria's father is blamed for the crime, their families are thrown into turmoil. But Maria and Annie both know that Maria's father is innocent, and reluctantly, the pair agree to work together, both to prove Edmund Jonas's innocence and to find the real killer.