Prominent Queens defense attorney Sid Weinstein sat watching television on a quiet summer evening, sharing a bowl of popcorn with his daughter Barbara the night before her thirteenth birthday when two masked gunmen stormed into his home, pistol-whipped him, and dragged Barbara outside to a waiting van never to be seen or heard from again.
Information was scarce except for a vague description of the gunmen. Were they disgruntled clients or sexual deviates who'd had their eyes of Barbara for a very long time?
Despite a $50,000 reward and a relentless police investigation, the case remained unsolved and was eventually buried in the files of the Cold Case Squad. Seven years later, Queens Robbery Squad Detectives Steve Danski and Gregory Litchfield arrested Roger Shuster, a drug-addled stickup man who claimed he knew who kidnapped Barbara and where she was being held captive. He was willing to tell the detectives what he knew in exchange for his freedom.
The detectives were anxious, but skeptical. Shuster had been lying to them all day. Could they trust him now?