Alexandra "Coop" Cooper is one of New York's most visible prosecutors, as she heads up the high-profile sex-crimes unit. Her life is torn apart when, upon returning from a business trip, she is greeted by screaming tabloid headlines reporting her own vicious murder. Alexandra immediately knows that

Alexandra "Coop" Cooper is one of New York's most visible prosecutors, as she heads up the high-profile sex-crimes unit. Her life is torn apart when, upon returning from a business trip, she is greeted by screaming tabloid headlines reporting her own vicious murder. Alexandra immediately knows that the victim was actually a close friend, an actress who was using Alexandra's beach home where the crime took place. Unable to ascertain whether Alexandra or her friend was the intended victim, the police assign a detective, Mike Chapman, to protect Alexandra and assist her in the search for the killer. At the same time, she is pursued by a dogged reporter, Ellen Goldman, who is determined to document the whole grisly story. As Alexandra digs deeper into the crime, she uncovers a hornet's nest of possible suspects who could have a motive to kill either woman, but she knows, too, that unless she can solve the case quickly, her own life remains in danger.