“Every man ought to be supposed a knave,

and to have no other end, in all his actions,

than private interest.”   David Hume

The theft of Detective Stan Defoe’s badge is the prelude to a train of events he could not have foreseen. His colleague and partner, District Attorney Gillian Jaggers, is close to securing the conviction of a notorious and vicious crime lord,

Johann Reich. When she is required to make a critical decision that could affect the whole course of the trial, it becomes apparent that more

than her career is at stake.