Morgan Turner's grief over her sister's brutal murder has become a rut, an everyday horror she is caught in along with her estranged parents and chilly older brother. In search of a way out, she delves the depths of a factory abattoir, classic horror cinema, and the Canadian criminal justice system, as it tries her sister's killer and former lover, who is arguing that he is and "Not Criminally Responsible and " for his actions because of a mental disease. Whatever the verdict, Morgan - with the help of her Chinese immigrant coworkers, a do-gooder, and a lovelorn schizophrenia patient - uncovers her own way to move on.