Tom Dunleavy has a one-man law firm in East Hampton summer home to billionaires and Hollywood celebrities. But his clients are the people he grew up with the people who make a living serving the rich. When an old friend Dante Halleyville is arrested for a triple murder near a movie stars mansion Tom agrees to represent him and recruits super lawyer and ex-girlfriend Kate Costello to help fight the case. As Tom wonders if he can ever get Kate to forgive him for his past sins the case takes on astonishing dimensions revealing a world of illegal pleasures revenge and fear amongst the super-rich.