A young singer on the brink of a promising career finds herself torn between a domineering family, industry pressures and her love for her girlfriend.

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered prostitutes.

On the hottest day of the year in Brooklyn at a local grocery store, the store manager chases after a burglar who happens to be an employee at the store and his own brother.