After the death of her reporter father, Maggie Chen decides to follow in his footsteps and interns at a local Seattle newspaper. However, on her first story, she finds a connection to her father’s death that leads her to wonder if  there is more to his life than she has been led to believe.  Is everything she knows about her father a lie? What is the connection between her family and 1930s immigrant Fai-yi Li?  Maggie will find some of  her answers in Chinatown and learn about the Chinese Exclusion Act to find others. Part historical novel, part contemporary mystery.