Abby Masters, a Seattle detective and her partner Tom Culhane are sent to a parking garage excavation to handle a set of bones that have been dug up near Pike Place Market. The bones are well preserved and the case unfolds quickly. Their second case involves a senior sex club that boasts moneyed members with a lot of time on their hands. Through it all, Abby is trying to pursue a relationship with Maya Sinaga, the King County Assistant M. E. Abby's attention to Maya doesn't go unnoticed. And then there's Agnes Mosley an elderly lady that carries a brick in her purse and seems to have frequent encounters with purse snatchers. None of which ever escape "the brick."