After Jessica Leeds— wife of a prestigious, wealthy Florida landowner— is brutally raped, three Vietnamese immigrants are charged with the crime. After the trial results in their acquittal, Jessica's husband Stephen vows vengeance. Then, the three immigrants are found savagely murdered. When all of the evidence ties Stephen Leeds to the grisly killings, Jessica turns to Florida lawyer Matthew Hope. He takes the case— and discovers a situation far more complex and explosive than he, or his client, imagined.
