It happened on a chill autumn night: a woman shot repeatedly at point blank range. A list of witnesses a mile long. An open-and-shut case.But something doesn't ring true. As Detectives Pembleton, Bayliss, and Munch sift through the victim's past, they find a well-respected woman with a booming career. Money, prestige, the works. A life someone would be willing to trade for...or even kill for.