The night began with the audacious shooting of shady investigator Al Land. Now the burden has just been compounded for overworked Detective Frank Vandegraf and his two colleagues, Jilly Garvey and Dan Lee. It's only one of a series of murders to occur across their city over several hours in an evening. The already strained resources of the department can't help them: they're on their own against the clock, fatigue, and mounting pressure from above. And neither victims nor suspects prove to be quite what they initially seem ...