Patritsiya Kempbell - obraztsovaya zhena i mat. Ee zhizn - beskonechnaya rutina domashnih del i zabot. I tolko knizhnyy klub materey CHarlstona, v kotorom oni obsuzhdayut istorii o realnyh prestupleniyah i trillery o manyakah, zastavlyaet Patritsiyu chuvstvovat sebya zhivoy. No odnazhdy na nee sovershenno neozhidanno napadaet sosedka, i na vyruchku prihodit obayatelnyy plemyannik napadavshey. Ego zovut Dzheyms Harris. Vskore on stanovitsya lyubimtsem vsego kvartala. Ego obozhayut deti, mnogie vzroslye schitayut luchshim drugom. No samu Patritsiyu chtoto trevozhit. Kogda zhe v gorode nachinayut propadat podrostki, a pozhiluyu damu zazhivo sedayut krysy, stanovitsya yasno, chto v CHarlston prishlo chto-to zloe. Ono ne ostanovitsya, obyazatelno proletsya krov, i mnogie v ney utonut.