A diplomat is gunned down in midtown Manhattan. A girl is raped and thrown out a tenement window in Alphabet City. A Mafia muscle man is running rings around the law. A beautiful Yuppie's career is cut short with a knife. In a city of political terrorists, paid killers, murderous muggers, and shysters who can spring the scum of the earth, Homicide Bureau Chief Butch Karp, has his work cut out for him as he joinces forces with his ferociously dedicated wife and fellow A.D.A., Marlene Ciampi.