"One journalist's harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women's prison--and the detective who uncovers her story decades later. 1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine, surrounded by the best women journalists in the country, whose articles tackle the controversial topics no other women's publication dares to touch. When a bombshell letter from an inmate at the notorious Mercer Women's Prison lands on Emily's desk, she senses a scoop that could launch her career as a real, hard-boiled journalist. ... 1996: Unidentified female remains are discovered in an unmarked grave in a small-town cemetery, and Detective Rachel Mackenzie is tasked with unraveling the mystery. But when the investigation leads her to the now-shuttered Mercer Women's Prison, Rachel's own dark history threatens to surface from where she's kept it carefully buried. Inspired by true events, Liberty Street weaves back and forth through time to shine a light on mental health, incarceration, and the various prisons that hold women captive"--Page 4 of cover.