When beautiful, voluptuous Monica Dunn dies from a shotgun wound, her much-decorated police officer husband, Paul, immediately comes under suspicion. He insists he watched helplessly as his wife shot herself. Monica's politically well-connected family causes an uproar and despite passing two polygraph tests, Paul is charged with murder. Could a seasoned police officer fake lie detector examinations and hide the real facts?
Is he guilty? Is he innocent? Or both? Desperate to prove his story, Paul must confront an act of violence which has scarred both his body and his mind. As his trial gets underway, those he thought were his friends, and enemies he never knew he had, move in for the kill. Expert witnesses are labeled frauds and liars. Fingers are pointed, claims made. Through it all, it seems Monica has found a way, from the grave, to tell her side of the story. But the ultimate question in this riveting true crime story is: Is she telling the truth?