Jake Alexander, a wealthy trial attorney, lay dead alongside his young lover on the floor of his Florida penthouse. The housekeeper said Jake s exiled son, Dave, ran from the crime scene. Dave asked his law school roommate, Charlie Carne, to represent him. But Charlie had never tried a capital case. The judge said the defense needed an attorney with death-row experience, so Dunstan Dundee joined the team. Dee Dee had ample experience, but his main interest became Jake s financial assistant and ex-lover Suzanne not Dave s innocence. The prosecutor had fingerprints, hair, fibers, and blackmail, but his witnesses lied. Did fired cartridge cases found on the floor come from the revolver with Dave s prints or had Dave been framed? Charlie would have to tie the fired cartridge cases to the killer if he was to save his friend. "