WHEN A WOMAN IS BLUDGEONED ON HER ESTATE in the quiet town of Caledon, Ontario with her precious diamonds stolen, and the DNA points her finger of guilt directly at the farm-hand Benjamin Martim, the cops don’t listen when he claims the blood found at the crime scene is not his. Against all odds, Walter Asano, a worn-out lawyer on the verge of retirement, takes on Martin’s defense. Little does he know that his persistence in getting things right will lead him across the country to uncover the unexpected, as he delves into the histories of people whose lives have been embroiled in hardships. With each new surprising development in the case, readers will be left wondering who is guilty of the crime until the very end, when the system of justice itself is called into question.