Bennie Rosato is a maverick lawyer, and business at her law firm has never been better.
Then, without warning, a savage murder tears the firm apart. Her ex-lover and law partner, Mark Biscardi, is found stabbed to death at his desk inside their Center City townhouse.
All evidence points to Bennie, who has motive aplenty and an unconfirmable alibi. The police discover a secret twenty-million-dollar will naming her sole heir, while her only defense is a midnight scull alone on the Schuylkill River.
Her world turns upside-down as the lawyer becomes the client, and the law is now after her. Homicide detective Frank Azzic is convinced she committed the crime, and she must dodge homicide detectives in the shadows of the city — or face life behind bars.
When another killing takes place, Bennie runs for her life, a fugitive armed only with her wits and courage. She is determined to find the real killer — or die trying.
On the streets of Philadelphia, the line between justice and survival is razor-thin.
