Lightning strikes twice.
Two people have died in Lake Tahoe in shocking accidents. In a nearly
empty parking lot, a hit-and-run driver kills probation officer Anna
Meade Hallowell. High up on a jagged mountain, wife abuser Ray de Beers
gets what he deserves: he's struck by lightning. Attorney Nina Reilly,
hiking on a rare day off from her one-woman law practice, sees him die.
So does her date, Tahoe deputy DA Collier Hallowell. Still shaken from
his wife's violent death, Hallowell is hit hard by the accident. It's a
bad end to a first date... and the start of a case that will test Nina's
ethics and her heart.
Nina is certain de Beers's death is an act of God. But his aging father
wants to exhume the body to rule out foul play. De Beers's frantic wife
and teenage twins hire Nina to stop the disinterment. What gets
unearthed are secrets that raise new questions about Anna Hallowell's
death, an indictment against one twin for murder, and a damning piece of
evidence that can convict the boy . . . unless Nina obstructs justice by
hiding it. No good lawyer will take that kind of risk. But a brilliant
lawyer, one with a passion for truth, just might . . . .