Frank Carlson Library

Miami lawyer Gail Conner gets involved with the case of death row inmate Kenny Ray Clark. Clark was convicted of the murder of a young mother in Stuart, Florida twelve years before.

A smart and successful young attorney, Gail Connor is on the verge of a partnership at a major law firm in the "new" Miami, a city more Latin than Anglo, with a dark side that slides right into the Everglades. But Gail's success at work has masked failure in her personal life: an empty marriage, a daughter she hardly knows, and a past she would rather forget. Then her sister, Renee, is found dead with her wrists slashed. After Renee's suicide, Gail,...