Odell Moore, all-star lawyer in a top Manhattan law firm, is suspected of murdering his father-in-law. The murder becomes a New York sensation: Odell is an Black allstar who climbed to the top from an impoverished background. His father-in-law is a prominent senator from Alabama. Odell says he doesn't remember anything about that afternoon, and he doesn't know why his new wife was found unconscious, bleeding from the head. Did he do it? Or was it his conniving protégé, Jackson Sherman, the southern aristocrat who said he'd do anything to get to the top, even kill. As detectives and lawyers unravel the puzzle, they discover just how far Jackson would go to become partner. Then Odell discovers a secret he's been suppressing all his life - and who really killed his wife's father.

Norm Bacal founded the Toronto office of Heenan Blaikie in 1989, and within the next 25 years grew it to an office of over 200 lawyers. In 1997 he became the national co-managing partner of the firm and helped it become one of Canada's best-known law firms. As one of Canada's leading tax attorneys in the entertainment business, he helped to finance countless Canadian films and television shows and many Hollywood studio pictures filmed in Canada. He also advised studios such as Warner Bros and MGM and was a member of the board of directors of Lions Gate Entertainment for almost 10 years. At the end of 2012, Bacal retired as managing partner. Born in 1956 in Montreal, Bacal graduated from McGill University's Faculty of Law in 1980. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Sharon, a portrait artist. They have four children.

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