Mason Mace" Perry was a maverick cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped & framed for a crime. She lost everything--her career her liberty--and spent two years in prison. Now back on the outside Mace is trying to rebuild her life & track down the people who set her up. But even with her police chief sister at her side she has to work in the shadows: theres a vindictive US attorney on her tail & shes just looking for a reason to send her back behind bars.. . Roy Kingman is a young lawyer still getting used to his high-paid job at a law firm in Washington. When Roy discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm his fate becomes entangled with Maces as the two team up to investigate. But as their enquiries gather pace Roy & Mace soon find themselves in unexpected territory; drawn into both the private & public world of the nations capital as dark secrets begin to emerge. For what began as a fairly routine homicide investigation will quickly turn into something far more complex. & possibly lethal.. ."