The presidential race is deadlocked--until murder tips the scale. Now Janelle Harcourt, an ambitious young attorney on the Beltway fast rack, finds evidence connecting the Presidential front-runner to the crime. Determined to bring justice, she embarks on a twisting trail of discovery, one that unveils an elaborate cover-up contrived by three of the nation's most powerful political figures, an untouchable trio intent on using all of their influence to silence the truth--by stopping Janelle dead in her tracks.