Liberty Street

by Heather Marshall · 2026

In 1961 Toronto, ambitious editorial assistant Emily Radcliffe receives a desperate letter from an inmate at the infamous Mercer Women’s Prison. Seeing the story of a lifetime, she goes undercover, only to discover that infiltrating the prison is the easy part—escaping its brutal reality and its lingering shadows proves far more harrowing. Decades later, in 1996 Huron County, Detective Rachel Mackenzie is called to investigate a set of unidentified female remains unearthed in an unmarked grave. Her search leads her back to the shuttered Mercer Prison, where long‑buried family trauma and the echoes of Emily’s vanished investigation converge. Inspired by true events, Liberty Street weaves two gripping timelines into a powerful tale of resilience, mental health, and the unbreakable bonds forged between women confronting oppression.