A novel of surveillance and threat, amnesia and obsession, rivalry and sexuality, parents and children - and the long-buried secret that links them all in deadly chain.
Damon Pierce's life has just reached a defining moment: a gifted California lawyer, he's being divorced by his wife and his work often seems soulless. Then he receives a frantic e-mail from Marissa Brand Okari - a woman he loved years ago - and decides to risk everything to respond to her plea for help.
William Lasko is a self-made millionaire with an eye for wealth and influence, the ear of the president, and a talent for using both to get what he wants. Now the Economic Crime Commission wants Lasko brought down, and US Attorney Christopher Paget is tipped to take on the job.
In this sequel to "Degree of Guilt", Paget's well-ordered world is shattered by his love for his assistant, Terri. Her ex-husband Ricky instigates a child-custody battle for Terri's daughter, but then Ricky is found murdered and Paget finds himself the prime suspect and on trial for his life.
An American courtroom drama in which the defendant's claim of self-defence is slowly undermined and the truth is gradually revealed. The defence attorney is faced with an inescapable dilemma of ethics and emotion, as the secrets of his own life become intertwined with the murder trial itself.
