Once she'd been a dancer. Now she lies on a sidewalk her blood seeping into the snow. The detectives of the 87th precinct are learning about ice: in a mulitimillion dollar showbiz scam in the glittering diamonds that spill out of a dead man's vest in the veins of a small time pusher. As the detectives scramble for evidence as the city shivers a killer is one step ahead and the heat is still on.