The Guilty Course — Diane Weiner

Emily Fox wonders how far her husband Henry will go to protect their adopted daughter from her felonious father. Henry storms into a rented bungalow ready to confront the man but instead finds him shot dead on the bathroom floor! Emily protests the arrest but when she learns Henry owned a gun and discovers it's now missing, doubts begin to creep in. Henry is convinced the murderer is one of the plaintiffs in a recent law suit against the victim, but when his daughter's hair tie is found near the gun's empty lock box and a witness places her at the murder scene, Henry confesses to the murder. It's up to Emily, an inexperienced defense attorney, and an unconventional private investigator to prove Henry's innocence before his guilty course ends in a life sentence.