Synopsis: Waltzing Matilda

Mardis Gras, 1998. Twelve-year-old Noelle Sheffield goes missing. There's no sign of foul play. The police list her as a runaway. "It be Mardis Gras. She find her way home soon enough." She never did.

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans. During the cleanup in September, the body of a young girl is found in the rubble of a house. Partially mummified, she's listed a Jane Doe. When nobody claims her by the following spring, the body is scheduled to be interred in a mass pauper's grave. Peeking out of the shadows, the ghost of a young girl looks for justice and finds a grizzled veteran investigator.

In 2008, three girls go missing. One by one, their bodies are found in cedar-lined cypress boxes. Mattie Gerard is a brand new lawyer working for the Orleans Parish District Attorney. Gabriel Montreaux works for the "enemy." He's a public defender with a chip on his shoulder and a client accused of the murders. Sparks fly both personally and professionally as Mattie and Gabe bump heads over the case. She speaks for the dead. He speaks for the innocent. Together, they will help a little girl find her way home.