Murder victim, Mina Jensen never had a funeral; was never buried, cremated, or even properly mourned. A few weeks earlier, Dan, Mina's husband, woke abruptly in their bedroom awash in blood. But no Mina---her body was gone.

With so much blood at the crime scene the medical examiner calculated Mina could not have survived. Dan Jensen faces murder charges. That's when he calls his high school friend, Ted Rohrbacher. Ted, a former prosecutor, vowed to never touch another criminal case. But when Dan begs for help, Ted reluctantly takes on the case of overwhelming evidence. After all, it's usually the husband.

When the Chief Judge insists Dan's murder trial start, Ted struggles to win the toughest case of his life---with a client who suffers from the Amygdala Hijack and may really be guilty of killing his wife.