<p>&#34Smack in the middle of a civil suit, Lonnie Kingman's private <br>investigator drops dead of a heart attack. Five years ago David Barney <br>was acquitted of murdering his rich wife. Kingman is trying to divest <br>Barney of the profits of that murder, and time is running out. <br>Kinsey Millhone agrees to wrap up Morley Shine's investigation. <br>So it's a shock when she finds his files in disarray, his informant <br>less than credible, and his witnesses denying ever speaking with him.&#34</p>