A different kind of legal thriller.Not about a courageous defense attorney defending an innocent man, but a judge with a past.Judge Al Roth has everything going for him--great job, loyal friends, and a beautiful woman who loves him. When a congressman threatens to expose a murder Roth helped commit when he was stationed in Cold War Germany, he stands to lose everything. Roth instinctively turns to Jake Gertner, his boyhood friend in Detroit, who'll do anything for him. But Jake has his own problems. Unless Roth can find a way of manipulating a murder trial, Jake will get whacked by the mob himself.Fast paced story with penetrating cross-examination, shrewd backroom maneuvering, murder, and revenge.