Successful defense barrister William Travers thought he was done with the stresses of London murder cases. Yet he risks his family's quiet country life when he undertakes the defense of an old friend accused of murder. Travers also faces trouble near home when a police detective with a grudge investigates a local killing.

As the Newall and Spaull investigations continue apace, Travers feels the pressure mounting as the demons from his past threaten to consume him once again. Meanwhile, is Wenborn closing in on Spaull's killer?

Travers makes the last connections in probing the conspiracy, affecting Martin's murder case and changing his own life forever. Wenborn resorts to blackmail and frame-ups to close his investigation, targeting Travers and bringing the troubled barrister face-to-face with his own shadowy past.