Blind Trust — Nancy Kopp

After her small Kansas City law firm merged with the Chicago megafirm of Franklin & Holland, Emma Davis jumped at the opportunity to live and work in the Windy City. And when she is offered a plum assignment from one of the firm's senior partners, Emma sees herself on the fast track to partnership. All she has to do is transfer the assets of recently deceased multimillionaire Oak Greythorne to the charitable trust set up in his will. A simple process … until Emma is accosted by a client with Mob connections and evidence turns up suggesting that Greythorne was murdered. As Emma digs deeper into the firm's dealings, she follows a trail of deception that leads her to the top of the corporate ladder, where death is just a means to an end…