Wife of a prominent judge, Vivian Reinhold's world gets turned upside down when she arrives home to find their beloved maid has been shot in an apparent robbery gone wrong. Miles Whitman, an expert medical examiner, who has recently relocated to the Midwest, does not believe a word of what the not-so-honorable judge, Bill Reinhold, has to say. Miles quickly determines that Vivian was, most likely, the intended target. Vivian and Miles put their heads together and, after a string of near-deadly "accidents," Vivian realizes that the life she thought she knew was all a lie. Together they set out to solve the case, but both discover they are dealing with more than they bargained for...