What if you slept with your client's wife on the night you were framed for murder? Jeff Ryder is a cocky young lawyer who has it all. Fast cars, fast women, and a million dollar lifestyle. But he loses everything when Professor Marian Pappas accuses him of using false testimony to convict an innocent man of attempting to murder a rookie police officer. Chris Rafferty can barely remember the night he took six bullets in his spine while answering a routine call for a burglary in progress in a La Jolla mansion. He was two days away from rejoining SEALTeam Three. Now a quadriplegic, he watches helplessly as his wife Beth shoulders the burden of his ever-increasing medical expenses. Determined to prove his integrity, Jeff sets out to find the real shooter. But on the night Jeff gives in to temptation and sleeps with Beth, his gun and his car are used to kill Professor Pappas.

Jeff is arrested and charged with capital murder. Fans of Patterson, Child, and Grisham will be up all night to learn Jeff's fate.