When LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker agrees to do a favour for old friend Teresa McLaughlin, he knows that it will bring her sociopathic husband, Chris Donatti, back into his life. But then Terry goes missing and Donatti disappears, leaving their 14-year-old son Gabe behind. Then Adrianna Blanc, a party-loving nurse, is found swinging from the rafters. Her last phone call announced she was breaking up with her philandering boyfriend. But was it suicide? With lives in the balance, Decker needs to find answers. And while Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus want to look after young Gabe, with Donatti on the loose, no one is really safe ...