When a local criminal defense attorney turns up dead, Sheriff Billie Gray arrives on the scene. At first glance, the lawyer's death looks like suicide. But Billie knows better: this was murder.

To assist with the investigation, Billie calls on her old friend Solomon Shepard, who isn't so eager to accept. After a traumatic attack left him mentally in shambles, Solomon is on indefinite leave from the county attorney's office. But Billie needs him. And he can't say no to Billie.