At a pre-wedding party for his daughter Sarah, Moe Prager is approached by his ex-wife and former 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 chips away until he discovers bureaucratic greed, sexual harassment and blackmail. But is any...

"Stone Barrington seems to have a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When Manhattan's elite are beset by a series of clever crimes -- and Stone is a material witness -- he and his former partner Dino Bacchetti find themselves drawn into the world of high-end security and fraud' where insider knowledge and access are limited to a privileged few' and the wealthy are made vulnerable by the very systems meant to keep them safe" --