Shelby Pangbourn is swamped with work when her friend, Eddie Logan, asks for her help. A judge he knows has been accused of accepting bribes to deliver lenient sentences. It's an interesting case but Shelby is overwhelmed; her top priority is a four-year-old girl who may be suffering molestation by her father. Still, Shelby can't turn Logan away. She agrees to look into the allegations. The two cases--Gabby Suarez and Judge Gavin Rogan--keep Shelby busy, and neither case is going well until Shelby finds a connection. And it nearly costs the private investigator her life!