"Rommy "Squirrel" Gandolph is a Yellow Man, an inmate on
death row for a 1991 triple murder in Kindle County. His
slow progress toward certain execution is nearing
completion when Arthur Raven, a corporate lawyer who is
Rommy's reluctant court-appointed representative, receives
word that another inmate may have new evidence that will
exonerate Gandolph." Arthur's opponent in the case is
Muriel Wynn, Kindle County's formidable chief deputy
prosecuting attorney, who is considering a run for her
boss's job. Muriel and Larry Starczek, the original
detective on the case, don't want to see Rommy escape a
fate they long ago determined he deserved, for a host of
reasons. Further complicating the situation is the fact
that Gillian Sullivan, the judge who originally found
Rommy guilty, is only recently out of prison herself,
having served time for taking bribes.