Karen S. Gregan

A man is found beaten to death at the San Gennaro festival and the trail leads Mac and Stella from the narrow alleys of Mott Street to the power players of Wall Street. Meanwhile, Hawkes probes the tragic death of a young boy trapped in an apartment fire off Washington Square Park.

Sipowicz continues to investigate Detective Hatcher, who arranges a transfer for Sipowicz out of the 15th Precinct; a dominatrix is found bludgeoned to death.