A woman claims that she was raped in the middle of the day in the elevator leading to her apartment. Her rich and influential husband demands immediate police action, but as Daniels and Molina vigorously pursue the investigation, elements of the woman's story don't seem to quite add up.

Daniels and Molina are assigned to the homicide of Darrell Fowler, a reclusive ex-Marine turned wealthy real estate developer. The investigation begins with an interview of Fowler's business partner, Emmett Stone, which leads the detectives to investigate the source of Fowler's wealth; Fowler had grown up in foster homes and joined the Marine Corps virtually penniless, but when he was discharged four years later he was a multimillionaire.