Late on a November evening, the body of a young woman, accountant Martha Dickenson, is found on a Manhattan street. It seems like a run-of-the-mill street robbery, as the victim's belongings are stolen, but Lieutenant Eve Dallas thinks otherwise. It turns out that before the murder, valuable information was stolen from Dickenson’s computer, which could affect the fate of an entire city... Will Eve Dallas be able to solve the crime and prevent new victims??