Tom Kirkwood, a journalist for the Eagle, writes a column recording the activities of Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone, two night-shift detectives who, along with their team under the direction of Lt. Jim Hogan.
A cocaine-addicted singer dies suddenly in her dressing room. It looked like an O.D., but the white powder she snorted was 50% cyanide. At a show biz party, Giambone meets an old high school flame who is now an actress, and also a cokehead
When the leading opposition candidate to head the nation's most powerful union is gunned down, the corrupt current president becomes the prime suspect.