Former law professor Tom McMurtrie has brought killers to justice, and taken on some of the most infamous cases in Alabama\'s history.
Soon loyalties will be tested and the boundaries of law will be broken as McMurtrie fights to save his legacy--and his client\'s life--before the truth is buried forever in the muddy waters of the Black Warrior..
As key witnesses disappear and old demons return, time becomes McMurtrie\'s most fearsome opponent.
With the Trial drawing near and his sharp young partner, Rick Drake, dealing with a family tragedy, he recruits his best friend, Bocephus Haynes, to help investigate.
But as seasoned as McMurtrie is, even he isn\'t prepared for how personal and dangerous this case is going to get.
At the urging of the suspect\'s desperate fourteen-year-old daughter, McMurtrie agrees to take the case.
Willistone had his share of enemies, but all evidence points to a forgotten, broken woman as the killer.
McMurtrie\'s old nemesis, Jack Willistone, is found dead on the banks of the Black Warrior River.
Now he\'s tackling his greatest challenge.
Former law professor Tom McMurtrie has brought killers to justice, and taken on some of the most infamous cases in Alabama\'s history
