Mark and Karen Breakstone are an almost perfect family. He is a successful financier. She, an intellectual, gave up her career for the sake of her daughter. They have both a substantial bank account and a luxurious New York apartment. They do not deny themselves anything. And they adore their only daughter Heather, whom not only they, but also those around them consider perfection. This is a beautiful, smart and kind girl. But suddenly a frightening shadow appears on the idyllic horizon. What can an angel from Manhattan and a criminal from New Jersey have in common? How could they even meet? An exciting story with an unpredictable outcome - and at the same time a harsh mockery of the cliches of mass consciousness: the cult of success, vulgar sociology and home-grown psychoanalysis.