Alone after losing his family in a car accident, a retiring police commander attempts to help a daughter he never knew escape heroin addiction and a past that endangers her, while investigating his best friend's murder.
A young writer for a newspaper's website becomes curious, then intrigued and finally obsessed with the strange behavior of the woman in the adjacent apartment.
Everybody's guilty of something and Detective Stephen Tree has to use his gut to figure if their guilt is worth his time. Tripping the Wire goes beyond the classic whodunnit. It's a story of loyalty, betrayal and the secrets people will die for - or kill for - to protect.