When a body is found in a New York construction site detective Vivien Light is put on the case. The only things found near the body is a photo of two men in army gear and a man holding a cat with three legs. While Vivien with the help of discraced former press reporter Russell Wade investigate the city is rocked by an explosion of a twenty story building. They soon realise that extablishing the identity of the body and those in the photos will help to find who is blowing up the cities buildings and try to prevent futher death and destruction.