Lorne Bennett is a former Hollywood star who's known as "The West Side Kid" to his fans. When his wife Aurora is found murdered in their elegant Manhattan apartment, he comes under growing suspicion and flees, leaving his four-month-old daughter behind. Twenty-two years later, he's still on the run, while his daughter Laura, who's grown now, has become obsessed with learning as much as she can about the murder and her fugitive father's role in it. With help from a few unlikely but trusted companions, she gradually starts putting the pieces together, but the more she knows, the more her life and the lives of others are endangered.