When one of Emma’s clients is found dead, she is the only one who is convinced it must be murder. Jake is running for County Attorney and Detective Matt Joyner is too busy investigating the death of a young girl and fighting for his career with the Casper Police Department to worry about an obvious suicide, so Emma recruits her father to help her track down the truth.
World-renowned criminologist Grace Russell returns to San Francisco to see to the management of her brainchild, The Institute for Mental Wellness. She’s entrusted it to a sharp manager who has achieved great financial success for the company, but has it come at too high a cost? When someone tries to kill Grace, Emma rushes out to be with her, but finds her friend and mentor unwelcoming and hostile to her attempts to uncover the identity of the attacker.