Homicide detective Cezanne Martin passes her Bar Exam but the news is bittersweet. Cezanne won't resign from the Ft. Worth Police Dept. until she clears her partner, Roby Tyson, of the murder of their police captain's daughter.

Deb Ralston, a detective with the Fort Worth police, has a lot on her plate in this follow up to Martin's earlier novel, Hacker. She has to investigate child abuse, a suicide and serial rape, all the while suffering from foot surgery.