Simon Latch is a lawyer making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it.Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didnt commit: murder.Simon knows hes innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend time behind bars. To save himself, he has to find the real killer.