Two people have died in macabre accidents, one struck downby lightning on Tahoe's highest mountain and one mowed down by a hit-and-rundriver. In the middle of controversial procedure to exhume one of the bodies,powerful businessman Quentin de Beers is murdered. Charged with murder,Quentin's angry grandson Jason won't talk even to Nina, his defense attorney.To save her client, Nina must expose the truth about his troubled family anduntangle the hidden connection that links all three deaths. As the trial drawsto an end, both the D.A. and Nina are forced to make a harrowing decision toprotect the innocent...at the risk of letting the guilty go free.
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