Senator Edgar's wife was shot dead in broad daylight right outside her own car. The work of a Harlem street gang? The police are convinced of this. However, the main suspect, nicknamed Hardcore, claims that the victim’s son, Neil Edgar, ordered the crime! But why would a wealthy young man kill his own mother? Perhaps they just want to frame him. This is the opinion of the experienced lawyer Hobie Tuttle, who knows how to win the most hopeless cases. And he intends to prove it in the courtroom.