A year after the devastating murder of his wife, attorney David Sloane has returned to Seattle after 90 days in Mexico. At a black-tie supper where he’s been persuaded to give the keynote address, Sloane reconnects with Barclay Reid, opposing counsel in his most prominent case. Barclay is definitely suffering from her own private tragedy – the loss of life of her teenage little girl from a drug overdose. In the aftermath, Barclay provides begun an intense crusade against the Russian drug traffickers she retains about Murder One responsible for her daughter’s loss of life, seeking them with a righteousness that matches Sloane’s own zeal for justice. Despite their adversarial past, Sloane is definitely drawn to Barclay as well as for the very first time since his wife passed away, he discovers himself starting to possess romantic feelings once again. But when Barclay’s crusade stalls and a Russian drug dealer turns up dead, she stands accused of murder, and Sloane is certainly her chosen defender. Amid the swirling mass media frenzy, in his first legal case, Sloane discovers himself once more in harm’s way, while mounting evidence suggests that Barclay can be a woman with many secrets – and may not become quite as innocent as she seems. With his personal fast-paced, page-turning action and exhilarating story twists, Robert Dugoni once again demonstrates why he’s frequently been called the heir to Grisham’s literary throne.