Matt Royal swore he was done with courtrooms. That promise doesn’t last long.
When Abby Lester, wife of Longboat Key’s police chief and Matt’s longtime friend, is charged with murder, he can’t say no. The victim was a corrupt local developer. The evidence? Overwhelming. And Abby? Innocent, or so Matt believes.
Forced out of retirement, Matt squares off against a ruthless prosecutor with an undefeated record. The deeper he digs, the messier things get. Sarasota’s elite, politicians, professors, and power brokers, are all hiding something, and none of it points to a clean-cut case.
Now Matt must outthink a legal prodigy, stay one step ahead of people who would rather see him silenced, and save a friend whose future is hanging by a thread.
Because this time, justice is personal.
