New York based investigative journalist Selena St. George returns to her hometown on a small island in Maine after receiving a fax about her mother, Dolores Claiborne, being the prime suspect in the murder of her wealthy employer, Vera Donovan. Dolores has been a domestic worker for Vera for 23 years and Selena has been estranged from her mother for 15 years, believing she killed her father when she was 13. As Selena stays on the island, old memories come back to haunt her and her mother, and the truth behind what happened 18 years ago is revealed.

Dolores Claiborne
A determined journalist uncovers the dark secrets of a small town to clear her mother's name, who was accused of murdering her former employer, a woman she had worked for as a housekeeper.