Candlelight is the introductory story of the detectives of the NYPD's New York Bronx fictional Precinct 54. The New York Bronx is experiencing extreme weather and a large proportion of the law enforcers are off sick with the flu. This first book introduces Captain Bradford Lawrence, Detective Jemma Kingston and Detective Franklyn Bartholomew. When Detective Franklyn Bartholomew is searching for two muggers he takes his Captain and partner into a deadly world of murder and a 20 years old unsolved cold case leading to a battle for survival amid hails of bullets.