The papers call him the Ice Man. David Nash， defense attorney -- cool， unruffled， practically unbeatable in the courtroom. Most of his clients are guilty. A few may be monsters. Suddenly the Ice Man is assailed by doubts and unanswerable questions. What is the cost of each victory， each rapist or murderer set free -- to society and to Nash s soul? Then comes a case that may be Nash s redemption. A client whose innocence he can believe in， a rising lawyer and family man accused of the brual murder of an undercover vice cop. But as the case moves toward trial， new doubts grip him: What is truth and what is carefully fabricated falsehood? Is Nash， a a master at handling juries， being manipulated himself? And by whom? By the time Nash s perfect case is finished， the questions become a matter of life and death.