The series stars Kathleen Mallory, a policewoman who is 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) tall, blonde, beautiful, and green-eyed.

Her physical beauty masks a cold, amoral interior, however; O'Connell describes Mallory as a sociopath.

New York City police detective Louis Markowitz picks up an 11-year-old homeless street urchin for stealing.

Mallory (as she likes to be called) still deals with issues from her traumatic childhood, but she has an undying love (or at least the closest thing she can manage to it) for her adopted parents.

Along the line, Mallory uncovers a complicated plot that deals with magic, séances, and insider trading.