In a 1930s-1950s New York City setting, a lone detective sits at his desk, cigarette smoke swirling around his feet, as jazz music fills the air. Veronica Smart, a 40-year-old woman married to Cliff for 16 years, grows tired of her marriage and yearns for stardom. She meets a group of teenagers at the local school where she works, setting in motion a plan that involves seduction, passion, lies, manipulation, and murder.
Noir
In the gritty underbelly of 1930s-1950s New York City, a solitary detective resides, enveloped by the sultry rhythms of jazz and the haze of cigarette smoke in dark alleys and smoke-filled rooms.
