"I... I have to tell the truth."
“Hypocrite."
He flushed. “I do happen to believe that justice means justice for everyone..."
“Justice? You don’t give a damn for justice. ...All you ’re interested in is in getting your own back on Terence ... because he’s a success and you ’re a failure."

There is no love lost between Terence Elham, a rich, successful barrister, and Dennis Rickmore, a struggling author with liberal ideals. The two men have nothing in common other than the fact that their wives are sisters. Nothing, that is, until a deadly hit-and-run accident draws them into a tangle of cowardice, suspicion, and mistaken loyalties that could shatter their lives forever....
When a man is killed by a speeding car several miles from the Rickmores’ home, Dennis stumbles upon enough evidence to identify Terence as the guilty driver. As the evidence builds, and the identity of the victim is disclosed, Dennis is faced with the agonizing question of where his loyalties lie — toward truth and justice, regardless of the nature of the victim, or toward the brother-in-law he has always despised and could now destroy? Is blood thicker than water in matters of murder?
Jeffrey Ashford spins a first-class tale of psychological suspense that forces the readers to confront their own responses to a complex moral dilemma.