When San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy gets a call saying his wife never picked the kids up from school, he"s worried. Frannie"s a great mother. Turns out there"s a good explanation: she"s in jail. Unbeknownst to her husband, Frannie has just appeared before a grand jury--and refused to share a crucial piece of information about her friend Ron, who"s accused of killing his wife. Now it"s up to Dismas to race the clock and find a culprit, all the while wondering: Why would his wife go to jail to protect another man? Who really killed Bree Beaumont--and why? He"s looking for the truth. But he"s not quite sure he wants to find it…