The questionable identity of a body found by a railroad track leads to murder and becomes the inspiration for Jessica's latest novel.
Matlock is hired to defend a live-in nurse (Lise Cutter) charged with the killing of her multimillionaire patient (Ed Quinlan).
When Jessica suffers a broken arm, she hires a typist to meet her deadline, but she must clear the woman of a murder charge.
Jessica seeks a link between the electrocution of the town bully and the hanging of a teacher who was his lover.
C.D. must rescue Walker and Trivette when they are trapped deep inside Texas while tracking a band of law-breaking brothers.