During a salsa party, dance partners Mala Noche member Jose Sambrano and Claire Trinner are sniper-killed from a driving car, using a silencer. Jose's recent gang tattoo, by Hector Ramirez, proves a major promotion. Traces of a drug are found on Claire- Xorax, a novelty tranquilizer from Cantor, where she does PR, awaiting FDA approval. She got in on her leg while giving research chief Paul Burton lunch-break dance lessons. A naughty blog insinuating they had an affair traces to an assistant but also has other illicit use. The silencer was recently used in a shop hold-up. Panamese suspect Mario Pilar claims to be set up. His landscaping clients also include various Noches plus the Trinners, and husband Jim Trinner has an adulterous affair with neighbor Cindy.
—KGF Vissers