When a young Pakistani woman is found murdered after trying to break up an ethnic dispute, Detectives Logan and Wheeler are called to the scene. After learning the victim had been pregnant and was secretly dating Rudy, an Italian of whom her family disapproved, the Detectives quickly find there is bad blood between the family and Rudy. But this case could go beyond race and become a matter of family honor.

When respected Judge Thomas Layton is killed during a re-creation of the Alexander Hamilton/ Aaron Burr duel, Detectives Goren and Eames question his duel partner, George Pagonis, husband to Maureen Pagonis, prominent political candidate and possible first female Mayor of New York. Detectives learn Maureen illegally wiretaps her husband as she suspects he is cheating, but are surprised to learn that George may have known all along.