Officer Valarie Garibaldi, cancer survivor and heir to her cop father's legacy, seizes an opportunity to fulfill his dream and earn her gold detective's badge. A vacancy in the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department's Homicide Unit is the twenty-six-year-old's chance to prove to herself that she'd made the right choice between college, the beach, and the police academy. Partnering with veteran Detective Deesay Becerra, their first case together starts with a dead macaw-stuffed with millions in diamonds, and a murdered hooker-filled with heroin balloons. The body count ratchets up with the killing of two Miami Dolphins players, leaving the detectives no choice but to use one of their suspects as bait.