Mary DiNunzio who ust made partner at Rosato & Associates, takes on her most unusual case yet with an astonishing request from a thirteen-year-old prospective client. Allegra Gardner's sister Fiona was murdered six years ago. It seemed like an open-and-shut case: the accused, Lonnie Stall, was seen fleeing the scene; his blood was on Fiona and her blood was on him; most damningly, Lonnie Stall pleaded guilty. Allegra believes Stall is innocent and wrongly imprisoned, and wants to reopen the case--of her own sister's convicted killer.