In suburban Georgetown a killers Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home. In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death. The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans a young law student prepares a legal brief. To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment its political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murdera murder intended for her. Going underground she finds that there is only one personan ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergateshe can trust to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White Houses inner sanctums a violent coverup is being engineered. For someone has read Darbys briefsomeone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime. show more