16-year-old Victoria Robbins feels trapped by her high-society life and escapes by visiting with her neighbor, Miss Lizzie Borden, reading Sherlock Holmes serials and—when the urge overtakes her—stealing. When her next-door neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Borden are murdered and Lizzie is accused of committing the acts, Victoria goes to extraordinary lengths to solve the mystery and ensure she does not become like Lizzie Borden,