After a long career with the NYPD, Stan Goldman is looking forward to retirement, hoping he can get through the next few years quietly. Then, a young woman is found crucified naked in an abandoned warehouse in the Bronx. Who would commit such an abominable act and why? It's Stan's job to find out and that isn't made any easier by the fact that his regular partner is about to leave on vacation and he is assigned a replacement, Barbara Moore, a young female detective, new to the job. Can they put their very different backgrounds and personalities aside and solve this case? Read this heart-stopping tale and find out.