Marcie Cutler is a smart young forensics officer looking to make detective. She’s powerfully attracted to Detective Gus Sullivan, and equally repelled by Gus’s surly partner Lisa Lafleur. When Lisa’s informant is shot to death, the evidence suggests that Lisa is the killer. As Lisa panics and goes into hiding – it is up to Marcie to free her rival and ultimately discover that her powerful attraction forced her to lose her objectivity and possibly her career.