Five years ago, Barbara Holloway gave up practicing law, disillusioned with a profession that put politics before justice. Then she receives a phone call, with a simple message: "I need you."Nell Kendricks' husband disappeared seven years earlier, abandoning his family. Nell hasn't seen him since--until the day he arrives at the edge of her property and is shot, instantly killed. Accused of his murder, Nell turns to lawyer Frank Holloway for help. Frank knows he cannot win the case alone and calls upon his daughter, Barbara. Barbara soon finds herself drawn to the case and reclaims the search for truth that first led her to the law.