When an old friend is murdered, Claire and her husband search for the killer Claire Breslinsky wishes she could live in the tree-lined Queens neighborhood where she grew up. But her husband is a cop, and cops aren't allowed to live in the precincts they police. When Johnny's transfer request finally comes through, Claire sets her sights on an old Victorian mansion. She is about to tour the house when she hears the voice of her old friend Tree, who lives across the street. They promise to see each other more often. They won't. Tree will be dead by morning. Claire can't help but suspect Tree's oddly cheerful husband of doing her in. With Johnny's help, she digs into the bizarre murder and finds that strange things have been happening on the shady side streets of Richmond Hill.