After escaping the USSR in the 1980's, a Jewish family from Odessa struggles to remain on the right side of the law at their bathhouse in New York City.

When the local mafia shows up to burn down her restaurant, Ana, a chef with a meticulous past, defends her turf and proves her knife skills both in and out of the kitchen.

It follows the crimes of serial wife-killer Randy Roth and the lady who ultimately fetched him to justice.