Somebody wants Behn McAvoy dead. Behn is sure of this because he has just had to drown a hit man in his favorite fishing hole. But who would want to kill an ageing hockey player from a minor-league team out in the boonies? Finding out who's calling the shots would be easier to do if only the shots would stop coming.
Dallas attorney Stan Turner hates criminal law but has a propensity for attracting murder cases anyway. So, it's no big surprise when a simple attorney-ad-litem appointment in family court evolves into a complex murder trial.