PHILLIP MARGOLIN
Laura Rizzatti, a law clerk for Oregon Supreme Court Justice Robert Griffen, is found slain late one night in the deserted courthouse. Her office has been ransacked - but nothing seems to be missing. There are no suspects and no clues. The following month Justice Griffen himself is killed by a car bomb in the driveway of his Portland home. This time, though, there is a suspect: In a shocking turn of events, Abigail Griffen, star prosecutor in the Multnomah County district attorney's office and estranged wife of Justice Griffen, is charged with first-degree murder.