The death of a woman who fell from a hotel balcony leads to a case involving a lesbian couple and a state law banning gay adoption

When a celebrity is implicated in a nightclub murder, McCoy and Southerlyn battle the flaks who attempt to insulate their client from any involvement or interrogation.

McCoy uses a charge of “”larceny by extortion”” against a councilman, whose former colleague claims he demanded sex in exchange for a law-firm partnership.

McCoy’s new second chair, ADA Jamie Ross, is determined to prosecute as harshly as possible a carjacker who took the life of a teacher as she pleaded for her life…