For six years Noah Galloway has lived with a horrible secret and the fear that his rebuilt life could be shattered at any moment. Now his dread has become a certainty, and he has been arrested for the arson murder of twenty-six people. What he needs now is defense lawyer Andy Carpenter, who most definitely is not in the market for a new client. So Noah plays his hole card: a shared love for Andyâs golden retriever, Tara, and the knowledge of what her life was like before Andy rescued her. Because Andy wasnât her first ownerâNoah rescued Tara first, and when he wasnât able to care for her any longer, he did everything in his power to make sure that she was placed in the right home: Andyâs. With that knowledge, Andy has little choice but to take Noah on, and he soon learns that the long-ago event that may destroy Noahâs life is only the beginning of an ongoing conspiracy that grows more deadly by the day. Andy will have to pull out all of his tricks to get to the bottom of this cold case turned white hot in the latest in David Rosenfeltâs popular mystery series.