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The apparent suicide of a tavern owner and a mysterious fire send Dutch sheriff Tonneman, a resident of 1664 Manhattan, on a hunt for a culprit, while British ships sail into the harbor threatening Dutch possession.

Pieter Tonneman, once sheriff of the island of Manhattan, is now a businessman and blissfully married to Racquel. But all around them, simmering hatreds and bigotry born of fear threaten to boil over. Soon Racquel, too independent and outspoken to remain unnoticed, is the target of vicious gossip--and of a killer.

Back from serving with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish Civil War, police detective John "Dutch" Tonneman and his cousin, Detective Bo Clancy, are investigating a series of brutal stiletto murders, beginning with that of Delia Swann, a young prostitute in the establishment of Madame Sophie.