This book is about greedy lawyers one young lawyer in particular Clay Carter who worked in the Public Defender's Office. The judge assigns Clay the case of a young man who killed someone. When Clay interviewed the young man he said "I don't know why I did it. "I just wanted to kill somebody". This case leads Clay to other big cases. So big that Clay becomes a millionaire. Clay is never satisfied with how much money he has. The story is suspenseful, romantic an on edge of your chair type of story.