Awakened one morning by a loud commotion, New Haven police reporter Annie Seymour wanders outside to the cold November streets only to discover that Prego, a favorite Italian eatery in her upscale New Haven neighborhood, is engulfed in flames. Even more shocking is the dead body pulled from the rubble. The unexpected arrival of her father, a Vegas casino boss, raises Annie’s suspicions about what might have been going on at Prego. To complicate things even further, the restaurant owner’s wife hires hunky private eye Vinny DeLucia. Annie and Vinny have some unfinished business, but she’s eager to stay focused on this story, until the story becomes a little too much about her. Now an infamous mobster, a missing man, a dead woman, and a cast of local characters begin to converge around Annie and pose some scary questions about her father’s connection to the crime. Between the F.B.I., her would-be hero Vinny, and some raucous animal rights protestors, Annie must see through the familiar historic townhouses, worn-out sidewalks, and back alleys of her youth to determine a killer’s motives — and avoid being burned next…