Deze serie volgt een onconventionele detective die zich een weg baant door de levendige straten van San Francisco. Kijk hoe hij complexe zaken aanpakt die hem vaak diep in het hart van de stad leiden. Zijn unieke perspectief blijkt cruciaal voor het ontdekken van de waarheid achter schijnbaar onoplosbare misdaden. Het biedt een spannende kijk op politiewerk en de menselijke conditie.
When a bar crowd turns into a murderous, racist mob, Kevin Shea tries to do the right thing. He fails, and an innocent black lawyer is lynched. The next day, TV pictures show Shea apparently trying to hang the lawyer and Shea suddenly finds himself a hunted, hated man.
Influential San Francisco attorney Mark Dooher is affluent, powerful, totally in control, and used to getting what he wants. When he meets a beautiful young attorney, he decides he wants her too. But Dooher is a married man, and as legal counsel for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, divorce isn't exactly on his agenda. Then Dooher's wife is murdered, and he becomes a suspect in the case. Even then, there's no cause for alarm. The woman he wants is close by his side. His best friend, the ever-loyal Wes Farrell, is his defense lawyer. Nothing, not past crimes, current scandals, or future desires, is going to stop him. Except perhaps the truth
Wes Farrell, newly appointed district attorney in San Francisco, faces a daunting first case involving Roland Curtlee, who was convicted a decade ago for the rape and murder of a housemaid. After a retrial leads to his release, the key witness in the original case is murdered, followed by another suspicious death. As confusion and deception mount, Wes seeks assistance from Abe Glitsky of the homicide department to navigate the complexities of the case.