In tough times, even the criminals are making cut-backs, it seems. Right now, the most significant part of defence lawyer Mickey Haller`s business is not about keeping clients out of jail but about keeping a roof over their heads, as the foreclosure industry booms. Lisa Trammel had been a client of Mickey`s for eight months, and although so far he`d managed to stop the bank from taking her house, the strain and sense of injustice are beginning to take their toll, and the bank had recently got a restraining order to prevent her protesting against their fraudulent practices. But now the bank`s CEO has been found with a bullet in his brain, and Lisa is about to be indicted for murder. For Mickey, it`s back to what he does best on the biggest stage of all, but if he thought defending Lisa Trammel was going to be a walk in the park, he`d be wrong. Not only is he about to learn some startling truths about his client, but also about himself, and by the time the verdict is in, Mickey`s whole world will have been turned upside down.