Lil Malone’s station in life - a single woman in 1938 New Jersey - affords her very little power. But her job – a telephone operator working the night shift - offers her a taste of it. When Lil overhears a local mobster spilling intel, she trades the information to a rival gangster. In return, he gives her the means and the muscle to help other women. Women who’ve been treated like property and abused. Women like Lil herself. And once she’s got the power of the mob behind her, it’s not something she’s willing to give up. No matter what it costs her.