It seems impossible, yet attorney Michael Ryan is asked to defend his daughter-in-law in a murder trial. For Jennifer Ryan is accused of beating a man's brains out in a Manhattan art gallery and the victim is Michael's son, Ned.
There are powerful reasons, however, why Michael should lead Jennifer's defence - not least his conviction that a defendant has a moral right to the counsel of her choice. But if he takes the case he will be forced to confront Ned's true nature - and expose the worst secrets of his son's life in open court . . .
