Life gets tough again for Shannon Flinder when her best friend is murdered, and she comes to believe that the police have arrested the wrong person. So who did kill Jenny Fong - and why? Things get worse when Shannon's bitter enemy Cindy Nightingale is put in charge of the murder inquiry. Cindy is more interested in nailing Shannon than anyone else. An escaped killer with a grudge causes chaos and manages to elude capture. His mission is to get the lawyer who helped send him to prison - how can Shannon protect herself when the police can't? Local reporter Wanda Brennan's husband was viciously attacked by persons unknown and left in a coma from which no one knows if he'll wake. Wanda's life starts to unravel. She wants justice and she wants Shannon Flinder to help her get it. But Shannon's more interested in solving her friend's murder, and, of course, in staying alive...