Evidence must be found to tie a suspect to a crime after the judge throws out incriminating statements the suspect made after his arrest. Annabeth becomes embroiled in an ethical dilemma with an old classmate.
What appears to be a clear-cut case of involuntary manslaughter is proved to be murder following the autopsy of the victim. Complicating matters for Annabeth: she knew the victim and the three suspects in high school.
Annabeth and Maureen prosecute two teens for the murder of a man they claim was an on-line sexual predator, and Annabeth is up against the only defense lawyer who's beaten her.
Back from leave, Annabeth is thrown into a case where a family has been brutally slaughtered, leaving only the youngest son. Complicating matters is how the new ADA is handling the case.
Annabeth and Maureen take on a woman who killed her husband, and is claiming self-defense, but the case takes a turn when confidential files are found.
After a close friend of Annabeth's is murdered at the court house she pursues the death penalty, but new evidence may require her to come up with a new strategy to convict the killer.