Casey Bannister returns in his most challenging case yet. He finds himself in the middle of an explosive murder trial, working for a beautiful defense attorney defending an accused cop killer.

In the middle of an explosive murder trial, Casey finds himself working for a beautiful defense attorney defending a man accused of killing a cop. Uncertain who he can trust and who is hiding secrets, Casey is determined to find the real killer, but he seemingly makes enemies of everyone he meets. Facing resentment from local police, his former lover and her husband, a politician who’s future depends on convicting the cop killer, Casey receives help from a most unlikely source, his former NYPD lieutenant now in a coma.