As the heat rises on a New York summer, ex-madam Kathleen is nearly killed by a bomb in the subway. Then a woman is brutally murdered, and the last person to have seen her is Emily a Deputy Press Officer who lives in the same building as Kathleen. Emily asks for an autopsy report, and not long after another bomb is planted in their building. Could Kathleen's criminal history be at the heart of the violence? If Emily can't help, Kathleen could spend the rest of her life in prison. And when Emily discovers a shocking connection between herself and Kathleen, the stakes become impossibly high...