A dead elections official. A missing report. A judgmental cat who notices what everyone else misses.

When Dee Vance dies during a heated candidate forum, Brookhaven wants her death filed as a tragic fall. But Dee’s certification binders have vanished, along with the compliance report she intended to file exposing widespread corruption.

With Whisper at her side, Keira turns to Felicity Crane, a tech investigator who can make databases confess, and Ivy Tran, a filing genius who spots trouble in crooked paperwork. Together, they follow manipulated voter rolls, suspicious money, and a cold homicide case that may not be cold after all.

The suspects keep multiplying: reform candidate Reed Calloway with his secret encrypted messages, developer Victor Drum with money running through too many civic projects, and disgraced former councilman Hayden, who knows where the oldest records are buried.

When Keira finds herself trapped inside City Hall’s forgotten sub-basement, she realizes someone is not only hiding the truth but also watching her dig it up.

If she's not careful, she could be the next buried record.