Cara Grey is the owner of Grey Court Reporting started by her uncle and guardian upon her parents' untimely death when she was sixteen. After receiving a BA in dance performance, she returned to take over the management of the court reporting business when her uncle moves to California. She is casually dating Allen Winslow, young associate with the leading St. Louis criminal firm which represents members of the mob when she meets Jonathan Foster. Set in the 70s when the mob was active in St. Louis, the story details her life, the lives of her court reporters, the mob, and