Set in Alabama, society lawyer Adam Shaw is married to the beautiful Kris Ann who has bound him to a life he despises and her father, Roland Cade, his senior partner and rival. When Shaw discovers Lydia Cantwell (a prominent society woman and close friend of Kris Ann and Cade) brutally murdered, his life takes on a new focus as he battles to clear Henry Cantwell of the charge of murder. In doing so, he digs up secrets from Lydia's past that will endanger his career, his marriage and his own well-being. It becomes increasingly evident that Lydia's death is inextricably linked to Shaw's own past and future.

The Outside Man is Adam Shaw, a successful society lawyer haunted by the murder years ago of his father. A northerner in a closed town in the deep South, a town that guards its secrets jealously, Shaw finds the brutally slain body of his best friend's wealthy wife. And his friend is missing.

In this closed, privileged world where the rich will do everything in their power to maintain their civilized image, Shaw will risk everything he has - his careeer, his marriage, and even his life - in a passionate quest for the real killer. The secrets he uncovers will reveal to him the shocking truth of his own past and future...