Five years ago, Jori-Ray Rose was Senator John Stone's very beautiful and very secret mistress. She was also the person who broke into his house one night and murdered his daughter. It was one of detective Nick Teffinger's first homicide cases. Every shred of evidence pointed to Jori-Ray-blood, DNA, surveillance, all of it. Teffinger never even had to seriously consider any other persons. The jury agreed and convicted her. Now, five years later, she has escaped from prison and is on the run. Instead of disappearing into the recesses of the world, however, she's in contact with Teffinger. She wants him to re-open the case and find the real killer. And she has a plan to force him to do it.