A recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
Copper的背景设在了1860年代纽约城的五点区（最丑名昭著的犯罪多发区，《纽约黑帮》的故事发生地），主要讲述了一位年轻爱尔兰警察被迫一边周旋于曼哈顿上层社会和哈莱姆的黑人社区时间，一边与他不守规矩、极其危险的外来邻里们打交道的故事。
