New York Times bestselling author J. F. Freedman delivers his best novel since Against the WindNora Ray， a DA in northern California， has just been called upon to investigate a recent police killing， which she believes may be a government cover-up， and she calls in Special Prosecutor and old friend Luke Garrison to help her find out. The case centers around a high-profile raid conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration， in which one of the biggest drug-dealing gangs in the country is uncovered and its notoriously reclusive leader， Reyaldo Juarez， is shot and killed-despite direct orders from the U.S. Attorney General to take him alive at any cost and detain him as a possible witness in other drug cases. Because the DEA has stonewalled its own investigation into the Juarez killing， Nora suspects that the killer might actually be a member of its investigative task force and she wants Garrison to help her prosecute him. What Nora and Garrison couldn t have known， they soon uncover in a snakepit of intrigue， crime in high places， and lies-ending in a shocking trial and the deceit of some of Garrison s closest friends. "Freedman exhibits the kind of raw storytelling power that keeps readers turning pages deep into the night."-Entertainment Weekly