The time is 1978, and the setting is Chicago, where Richard Daley’s death has left the political machine grasping for a successor. Into that vacuum steps Duncan Cochrane, a successful businessman with little political experience but with aspirations of becoming governor. Six weeks before election day, Duncan awakes to find his daughter has been killed in her bed. With a police investigation that seems to drag on aimlessly and time working against him, Duncan must use whatever power and influence he has to catch the killer and win the election.