After years as a patrol cop, detective Jocelyn Rush is almost immune to the depravity that stalks the meaner streets of Philadelphia&almost. After saving her three-year-old daughter from a carjacking, she ends up in the emergency roomand discovers that Anita, a former prostitute and acquaintance from her old days on the beat, has been hideously mutilated in a brutal assault. With the help of her partner and Philadelphias Special Victims Unit, Jocelyn discovers that Anita isnt the first victim of these attacks and it looks like she wont be the last.