One of Jessica's best-selling mysteries makes her the target of a lawsuit by a man who was tried and acquitted for murder.

While on a brief layover in a small Canadian mining town, Jessica finds herself pulled into an investigation when an explosion at a mine leaves an executive and an employee of the mining company dead and the prime suspect is a First Nations activist who was accused of stealing some dynamite the night before. Working with the Territory's Tribal lawyer and a RCMP cop, the trio set out to prove the young man's innocence.