In this propulsive and timely thriller about murder, prejudice, and corruption in the highest of places, Erin McCabe, transgender attorney of the Garden State, discovers that getting to the truth can be deadly ...
New Jersey State Trooper Jon Mazer has been charged with killing Black investigative reporter Stewart Marshall in a racially charged, headline-making murder. The evidence against criminal defense attorney Erin McCabeβs new client is overwhelming. The gun used is Mazerβs off-duty weapon. Fingerprints and carpet fibers link Mazer to the crime. And Mazer was patrolling Marshallβs neighborhood shortly before the victim took three bullets to the chest. Mazerβs argument? Heβs a gay officer being set up to take the fall in an even bigger story.
Mazer swears he was a secret source for Marshallβs exposΓ© about the Lords of Discipline. The covert gang operating within the New Jersey State Police is notorious for enforcing their own code of harassing women, framing minorities, and out-powering any troopers who donβt play their rogue and racist games. With everyone from the governor to the county prosecutor on the wrong side of justice, Erin and her partner, Duane Swisher, are prepared to do anything to make sure Mazer doesnβt become another victim.
As Erin deals with an intensely personal issue at home, and faces an uphill battle to prove her clientβs innocence, both she and Duane find themselves mired in a conspiracy of corruption deeper than they imaginedβand far more dangerous than they feared.