A Prosecutor for the Defense

David Brunelle, a homicide prosecutor in Seattle, has built his career putting criminals behind bars. When his partner Kat Anderson, a medical examiner, asks him to travel to California and defend her former husband against a murder charge, he finds it hard to refuse her. Defense work is a strange position for a man used to the other side of the courtroom. He must push against his own habits, a confident district attorney who plays hardball, a detective who offers little help, and a client who avoids plain answers. As the evidence builds and the case takes shape, Brunelle begins to feel that the pressure now rests on his own shoulders instead of the accused's.