Husband and wife Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi are each at important turning points in their professional lives. Butch is back working for the City, preparing to prosecute a white suspect for the brutal slayings of several elderly black women. Meanwhile Marlene is expanding her detective agency which specializes in protecting women from stalkers and violent partners. Her latest case involves a brilliant young cellist from a super-rich aristocratic family.
They are both about to become flashpoints in two of the hottest controversies to rock New York in years . . .and Marlene's life is soon in deadly jeopardy.