Zella Grisham never denied shooting her boyfriend. Thatβs not why she did eight years of hard time on a sixteen-year sentence. Itβs that the shooting inadvertently led to charges of grand theft. Talk about bad luck. Leonid McGill has reasons to believe sheβs innocent. But reopening the case is only serving to unsettle McGillβs private life even furtherβand expose a family secret thatβs like a kick to the gut. As the case unfolds, as the truth of what happened eight years ago becomes more damning and more complex than anyone dreamed, McGill and Zella realize that everyone is guilty of something, and that sometimes the sins of the past can be too damaging to ever forget. Or ever forgive.