To cover up what an out-of-control trader at a Manhattan brokerage firm did to Olivia Sanchez, they blackballed her. Who could stop them? Olivia''s cousin Manny. The ex-con and ex-gang leader''s wants to take care of the arrogant bastard permanently. His partner James Beck, part of a tight group of ex-cons in Brooklyn''s Red Hook, convinces Manny to hold off. Things can be complicated. But there''s much more at stake than even the savvy Beck imagines.