Her client is innocent. Washington, D.C. criminal defense attorney Lori Booker is convinced former police detective Tony Saldana was not a public nuisance and did not resist arrest and assault police officers as currently charged. More than that, Booker plans to prove Saldana was framed for his earlier conviction and imprisonment for accepting bribes. To prove Saldana's innocence, Booker must first gain his trust. What demons plague this formerly well respected martial arts expert who refused to carry a gun during his fifteen years on the police force? What circumstances led to the brutal murder of his partner a murder for which some suspect he is responsible? In order to defend Saldana, Booker must convince him not to give up on himself as well as the legal system he defended for so many years. With the help of her wisecracking gay assistant, Dennis Weston , and her retired father, Judge Frank Booker who can never resist an intriguing case, Booker sets out to prove the prosecutor's ...