Detective Maynard is trying to find some illumination in his grey, gritty world. As much as he dreams of a happy, "normal" life, it seems to be just outside his reach. When the brutal slaying of two police officers guarding a material witness interrupts the department, Maynard and his partner Alphonse find themselves chasing down a mysterious adversary-an unidentified leak inside the police department know only as "Stiletto." Discovering Stiletto's identity will prove dangerous and deadly, as the quest pulls them both down a whirlpool of corruption as maze-like as Hell itself.