The most terrible case of Verity Birdwood! When Daphne Lamb, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, was found brutally murdered, no one - from neighbors to police - had even a shadow of doubt: of course, she was killed by hubby Trevor, that bully, drunkard and womanizer, who shamelessly used his bright appearance to climb out of poverty! No one cares about the details: neither the fact that Trevor was found barely alive in a crashed car next door, nor the very unusual wound left by the missing murder weapon... no one except lawyer Jude Gregorian, an old friend Verity, who miraculously achieves Lamb's acquittal. However, before he has time to return to his hometown, he is also killed. Perhaps the criminal did not believe the lawyer and wanted to avenge Daphne? Or is Trevor’s casual words in the pub that he knows the name of the killer to blame?..