"When criminal justice lawyer Joanna Chylka is tasked with defending the son of a prestigious law firm’s biggest client, she is stumped for the first time in her life. She’s handed a case with a foregone Piotr Langer Jr was charged with murder and has pled guilty. Assisted by the firm’s newest trainee, Kordian Orynski, Kordian and Joanna find a maze of tangled evidence. Piotr is alleged to have sat in his apartment for ten days with two corpses before calmly opening the door to the police as though nothing had ever happened. He has confessed to the murders, but the truth is far more complex and shocking than anyone could have imagined. Kordian is everything Joanna is not, and in their very first case together, they are in the spotlight. With Joanna and Kordian’s personalities clashing, will they be able to put aside their differences and clear Piotr’s name?" -- Goodreads.com