"Joanne's vacation in Lawyer's Bay is brought to an abrupt end when a car plunges into the lake on a summer night. At the wheel was Chris Altieri, a young lawyer who had, only hours before, begun to tell Joanne of a disturbing secret. Saddened by the death of this young man, Joanne begins asking his friends why he would do such a thing. But the group of powerful lawyers--the self-named 'Winners' Circle'--who summer together in the gated enclave begin to close ranks and the strangeness grows when Joanne's former lover, Inspector Kequahtooway, arrives. Why would the police need to investigate what appears to be an obvious suicide? Joanne's instincts tell her that something is terribly wrong; to find out anything more, she must tread lightly around some very powerful--and possibly dangerous--people."--P. [4] of cover.