Mitch Brooks is an unproven rookie prosecutor whose star is on the rise. His unyielding ambition to prosecute the biggest cases lands him the trial of a remorseless killer who murdered a store clerk during a robbery and a police officer who tried to stop his escape. Mitch must overcome his own inexperience and the skill of the preeminent defense attorney in the city of Indianapolis to see that justice is delivered for two grieving families. Mitch relies on the sage advice of a veteran prosecutor who takes him under his wing, the gritty homicide detective who tracked down the killer, and his...

Joe Beckett is just a regular guy. He lives and works in a small town in southern Florida to support a wife who doesn't love him and a daughter he adores-both the result of a drunken high school one night stand six years earlier. Determined to make the most of his marriage for the sake of his daughter Casey, Joe comes home early one day to surprise his wife Megan with a gift and dinner reservation, only to find her being brutally raped in their bedroom-or so he thought. Joe fights off the attacker with a baseball bat and accidentally kills the man in the process. The man, it turns out, was...