Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD Homicide Lieutenant Peter Decker, are shocked when Rina's storefront synagogue is desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti. The suspect is 18-year-old Ernesto Golding, a "rich kid" obsessed with his Polish grandfather's origins. When Ernesto is murdered, Peter and Rina are thrust into a world of lethal secrets, ruthless parents, and damaged youth.