The 4th of July; In a late-night showdown after a near-fatal chase, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer has to make an instantaneous decision--and sets off a chain of events that leaves a police force disgraced and an entire city divided. As summer comes into full swing, Lindsay and her friends in the Women' Murder Club battle for her life on two fronts: before a judge and jury as her trial comes to a climax and facing unknown adversaries...