Delicado and her perennial sidekick, Sgt. Fermin Garzon, are thrown into a high-profile case-the murder inquiry into a much reviled gossip columnist, Ernestos Valdes-after the investigators originally assigned to it are pulled off to tackle a politically more sensitive assignment. Valdes did not lack for enemies, ranging from his ex-wife to the countless celebrities and politicians who had been excoriated in his column.