When Fay Kelly, a beautiful call girl, is murdered in the seemingly sleepy town of Des Plaines, Illinois, Cheryl, Trixie and Diane--her co-workers--set out to find who did it and why, but they're frightened away.

Thirty years later, as grandmothers, they return and resume their investigation which puts them face to face with mobsters, crooked cops, and powerful childhood friends who have grown up to control the dark side of life in this town with many secrets.