McBride defends a radio show host in the murder of his morning show partner.
McBride defends a man, who was dumped on television, in the murder of the man who humiliated him.
McBride has difficult choices to make. His associate, Phil Newberry, asks Mcbride to defend Phil's childhood friend for the murder of McBride's mentor.
An old flame of McBride's asks him to defend her brother, a Marine, in the murder of his wife.
A talented but temperamental concert violinist is killed, and there are several suspects, including her fiancé. Roberta calls in McBride when she starts worrying that the fiancé is incriminating himself without intending to. The police chief is putting tremendous pressure on Roberta to close the case because the violinist was a celebrity, and her father is a senator. As if there aren't enough complications, there is a Stradivarius involved, which the killer took great care of. But why?