A private investigator, Billy Hawke comes into conflict with the team who are investigating the shooting of a teacher at University of Miami School of Law. During this time, Harper investigate a married, promenent lawyer, Robert Lawton, who is having an affair with one of the school's professors and one of ADA Roland's colleagues, Andrea Johnson. But when pictures of the affair that were found in the teacher's desk as evidence are leaked to the press by the P.I., the still-recently promoted Sergeant Harper (who was responsible for the handling of the pictures) is held responsible and faces the possible ruin of his case as well as possible disciplinary action and a civil suit for the story.