David Hirsch was a pow­er­ful attor­ney, man­ag­ing part­ner of a pres­ti­gious St. Louis law firm, until he was con­vict­ed of embez­zle­ment and sent to fed­er­al prison. He had also been involved with drugs and alleged sex­u­al harass­ment. After serv­ing his time and regain­ing admis­sion to the bar, he is eager to make a fresh start and rec­on­cile with his estranged daugh­ter. In doing so, he has returned to Judaism, par­tic­i­pat­ing in an Ortho­dox minyan. When one of the elder­ly men in the con­gre­ga­tion asks him to inves­ti­gate his daughter’s death, he reluc­tant­ly agrees. While research­ing the case, he finds that a rou­tine prod­uct lia­bil­i­ty mat­ter is prob­a­bly mur­der. Law pro­fes­sor Dul­cie Lorenz, a col­league of the dead woman, helps him. As he digs deep­er, he dis­cov­ers major cor­rup­tion in high places, endan­ger­ing his life. His desire for atone­ment and jus­tice demon­strate both com­mit­ment to basic Jew­ish val­ues and a return to the true prac­tice of law. This debut nov­el by a pseu­do­ny­mous St. Louis attor­ney will appeal to read­ers who enjoy Scott Tur­ow. With an inter­est­ing plot and well- devel­oped char­ac­ters, it has the mak­ings of a fine new series.