At a pre-wedding party for his daughter Sarah, Moe Prager is approached by his ex-wife and former PI partner Carmella Melendez. It seems Carmella's estranged sister Alta has been murdered, but no one in New York City seems to care. Why? Alta, a FDNY EMT, and her partner had months earlier refused to give assistance to a dying man at a fancy downtown eatery. Moe decides to help Carmella as a means to distract himself from his own life-and-death struggle. Making headway on the case is no mean feat as no one, including Alta's partner Maya Watson, wants to cooperate. Moe chips away until he discovers a cancer roiling just below the surface, a cancer whose symptoms include bureaucratic greed, sexual harassment, and blackmail. But is any of it connected to Alta's brutal murder?

Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Volume contains: 222 NY 263 (City of N.Y. v. Union News Co.) 222 NY 126 (Cleary v. R.E. Deitz Co.) 222 NY 159 (Cleveland v. City of Watertown) 222 NY 598 (Coglio v. Bradley Contracting Co.) 222 NY 576 (Colt v. Colt) 222 NY 558 (Comrie v. Kleman)