Spring is in the air, romance is everywhere and so is murder First to fall in love is Detective Bert Kling, smitten by a Deputy Chief in the police department He's worried about her rank, but she's more worried about telling her mother that she's going out with a white man 'Romance' is also a new play, all about an actress who is stabbed It isn't really a good play, and pretty, red-headed has-been Michelle Cassidy isn't really a good actress So when Michelle comes in to the squadroom of the 87th Precinct to report that an anonymous telephoner is threatening her, the detectives are a bit sceptical