A fugitive former-FBI secretary is bludgeoned to death in a rural cemetery. Months later, her body is discovered in a shallow grave. After Russell Steele, a computer genius and owner of Maestro Software, is arrested, he produces an ironclad alibi. The investigation takes prosecutor Nick Gregory from his New Hampshire home to California’s Bay Area and the beaches of Florida, scrambling with the state police Major Crimes Unit to debunk Steele's alibi. Steele’s murder trial then throws its own trials at Nick: a witness with an ugly secret, his trial partner undermining him, and a pompous opposing counsel is willing to fabricate evidence. Will these obstacles prove insurmountable and place proof beyond a reasonable doubt beyond the reach of justice