JD Banks, a highly respected defense attorney in Manchester, Pennsylvania, agrees to defend the case of a man accused of murdering his wife. Believing in the innocence of his client, despite the mounting evidence against him, Banks knows intuitively that the facts don't add up, and that nothing is as it seems. Could the killer be the person who was having an affair with the victim while her husband was in prison? Did she know too much about her employer's involvement in an illegal scheme worth millions? Was she aware of court corruption in Manchester? Does the blame fall on the victim's association with a liberal woman's group? Was the Mob somehow involved? When Banks gets too close to the truth, roadblocks are set up by a police department rife with corruption, and mob warnings against continuing the investigation. A suicide and two more murders, all frustrate the search for the truth. The most baffling case of Banks' career takes a serpentine course through plots and sub-plots, riddles and an explosive trial to a shocking conclusion.