At a pre-wedding party for his daughter Sarah, Moe Prager is
approached by his ex-wife and former PI partner Carmella
Melendez. It seems Carmella's estranged sister Alta has been
murdered, but no one in New York City seems to care. Why?
Alta, a FDNY EMT, and her partner had months earlier refused
to give assistance to a dying man at a fancy downtown
eatery. Moe decides to help Carmella as a means to distract
himself from his own life-and-death struggle.
Making headway on the case is no mean feat as no one,
including Alta's partner Maya Watson, wants to cooperate.
Moe chips away until he discovers a cancer roiling just
below the surface, a cancer whose symptoms include
bureaucratic greed, sexual harassment, and blackmail. But is
any of it connected to Alta's brutal murder?