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Summary: When her boss phones in the middle of the night with an urgent assignment, Assistant District Attorney, Nikki Hill knows the news won't be good. In downtown Los Angeles, the naked body of Maddy Gray, the blond, beautiful television personality, has been found in a dumpster. Her diamond ring is found nearby--in the pocket of Jamal Duchamps, a young black male. With a suspect in custody, in a city aching for a conviction, Nikki knows she's got a once in a lifetime opportunity--all she's got to do is nail a lid on this open-and-shut case. But when she discovers that Gray had a closetful of secrets, all bizarrely linked to a beloved R&B diva, a vicious street gang, a protective record producer, & the man Nikki imprisoned eight long years ago, Nikki sees her sure thing slipping away. With a terrifying coterie of killers & corrupt lawyers closing in around her, Nikki realizes that the greatest challenge of her career may not be making the big time--but making it out alive.