Brian McNally is a one-time criminal with a major problem. The day after he is badly beaten by gangster Mike Georghiou, McNally finds Georghiou’s strangled body at his business. He’s convinced that Mike’s brother Tony, also a gangster known for his violent streak, will come after him so he gets Sam Ryan to prove that he couldn’t have been the killer. Sam does so but when McNally’s body is found at the foot of a building, a supposed suicide, she feels she has somehow contributed to his death. What Sam doesn’t realize is the is not only going up against organized crime but coppers who’ve acted as judge, jury and executioner.