It's August in New York, and the only thing that's hotter than the pavement is Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper's personal and professional life. Just as she's claiming an especially gratifying victory in a rape case, she gets the call: the body of a young woman has been found in an abandoned building. The brutality of the murder is disturbing enough, but when a second body is found in Brooklyn, beaten and disposed of in the exact same manner, the city's...

Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper's investigation of the sexual assault of a key witness by a prominent official is complicated by rumors about a colleague's abusive conduct and another associate's violent, mysterious collapse.