Two Supreme Court Justices fall prey to a brutal murderer with terrorist aspirations. Political pundits remain baffled but assert the deaths have diplomatic motivations. However, the research of Tulane University law student Darby Shaw proves otherwise, and her legal brief on the case thrust her into a cat and mouse game with the killer.
Alan J. Pakula directed the 1993 film version of this novel with Julia Roberts starring as Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as a journalist who helps her expose the truth.