Jack McEvoy used to be a journalistic star, but he gets fired for being redundant anyway. But he wants to leave with honor and in style: during his last days in the newsroom, he will write the best article of his life. The main character will be Alonzo Winslow, a sixteen-year-old drug dealer who confessed to the brutal murder of a woman. Jack intends to write about the bleak environment, dysfunctional families and the lack of feeling that turned one teenager into a murderer. However, the more Jack gets involved in the case, the more certain he is that Alonzo's confession is a lie. The boy is probably innocent...