Peter Rena and Randi Brooks earn their living making the problems of the powerful disappear. Their new--and biggest--job: the White House hires them to vet the president's nominee for the Supreme Court. Judge Roland Madison is a legal giant, but he's a political maverick, with views that might make the already tricky confirmation process even more difficult. When a string of seemingly random killings overlaps with Rena's investigation, it seems Judge Madison is a possible target. Rena learns just how dangerous Washington's obsession with power can be.