Nightmares and Murder A woman is dead. Or is she? One father, three brothers, and one sister comprise the members of the Carter family of California, visiting New York. While Rose, the third daughter of the Duke of Sutherland slips into New York City incognito. Can James Nathaniel Walker - shell shocked veteran of the Great War - sort it all out while dealing with his own issues? Past is Prologue - a picture of ladies and gentlemen and murder set in the Jazz Age of the 1920's.