Giancarlo Lo Manto is the toughest cop on the toughest beat in Europe - a detective in the Naples homicide squad, dedicated to bringing down the mob.

But what hurts the gangsters in the old country hurts them in the new world too. In the highest towers on the most expensive streets in NewYork City, Lo Manto is becoming a problem.When Lo Manto learns his teenage niece, Paula, has gone missing in Manhattan, the two worlds, the two cities, are set to collide...