Detective John Morrigan arrives on the scene of what at first appears to be a routine homicide in a botched armed robbery. However, as a key witness to the murder is herself violently killed less than 24 hours later, Morrigan discovers that someone very dangerous is responsible.
As the Detective follows the killer's trail, it leads him into a tangled web of duplicity stretching from the heart of his police department all the way to the upper echelons of political power.
But as Morrigan is about to spring a trap to catch the killer, his own dark past emerges, and he is faced with the dilemma of dropping the case or face a prison sentence.
Will he make the right choice?
Or are the stakes too high for Morrigan?