After a boy is murdered with a bat after a series loss, Annabeth must determine if the boy acted on his own, and Maureen is unexpectedly called on to help a relative.
The murder of two women during a home invasion/robbery takes an interesting turn when one of the accused killers points Annabeth in the direction of murder-for-hire.
A gun thug carjacks a woman, taking her baby, and is tried by Annabeth and Maureen. The key witness in the case is under threat from his fellow gun thugs.
What appears to be a clear-cut case of involuntary manslaughter is proved to be murder following the autopsy of the victim. Complicating matters for Annabeth: she knew the victim and the three suspects in high school.