Aaron Montaine is sitting at a red light when a waitress, bloody and battered, run past his car.  A moment later, a man with a gun chases her.  Aaron's left with only one choice -- save her.  Little does he know, he will lose his son to rescue a stranger.

LAPD Detective Annette Bria investigates a pair of dead men left in a van outside a powerful state senator's home.  Later, when the politician ends up dead, she has more suspects than she can keep track of: An abused ex-wife, her new boyfriend, a scorned mistress, her estranged husband, two hitmen and a state supreme court judge.

Even when Bria finally manages to put the pieces together, they still don't fit.