There's nothing special about the w oman's death. It comes over the police radio like any other sad story: a w oman found on the sidew alk, killed after plunging from her apartment. But something about the gruesome scene grabs David Corman's attention. A freelance photographer w ith a defunct marriage and a career on the skids, he fixates on this mysterious death. But learning the truth behind this futile suicide w ill teach David that New York is even uglier than he imagined.