Detective Jane Timoney finds that being a homicide detective in New York City is tough enough and having to contend with a male-dominated police department to get respect makes it that much tougher. Shes an outsider who has just transferred to a new precinct dominated by an impenetrable clique of a boys club. Timoney has her own vices too – with a questionable past – and she tends to be forceful, rude and reckless. But shes also a brilliant cop who keeps her eye on one thing the prime suspect.
