Young widow, Katherine Caine, feels like a fish out of water in her neighborhood filled with happy families, or families that appear happy. It's 1960 and presidential candidate, John Kennedy, is talking about a New Frontier, but Katherine can't figure out where her personal New Frontier lies or how to get there. Getting involved in a murder plot? Not on her list of possibilities, but that is what happens when she gets pulled into a domestic drama in the house across the street. Katherine is the only one who suspects what really happened in her neighborhood. And, the only one interested in finding the truth. Her strong sense of justice keeps her following a trail that leads her into jeopardy. Along the way she encounters some perplexing and exasperating characters and finds support in some unexpected places. As she takes a hard look at her neighbors she begins to wonder if they have more in common than she imagined.

The Widow Lady navigates social mores and class distinctions as she sets out to find the truth in 1960's Philadelphia.