Born right into a okay old Charleston family, Hammond Cross is determined to become the city’s next region attorney-without sacrificing his integrity. Prosecuting the sensational murder of property magnate Lute Pettijohn could possibly be his ticket in to the office. However while Hammond anticipates his success, someone near him is plotting his downfall–

Steffi Mundell, colleague, ex-lover, and rival for the DA’s office–Rory Smilow, the homicide detective without identical and Hammond’s avowed enemy–the wily and beautiful Davee Pettijohn, Lute’s widow and Hammond’s lifelong friend, who’s too honest to mourn the hubby she despised–and Hammond’s best suspect, the mysterious female who shares the trick that would be fatal to Hammond’s ambitions.

For the first time in his career, he’s bending the rules and only the suspect. All hints point to her guilt. Yet she retains in reserve an ideal alibi-Hammond Cross.