At the Edge of Reason

Malibu Ca 1968. Denny Martel A Twenty-Seven-Year-Old Trial Lawyer Wunderkind In The Los Angeles County Public Defender’S Office Becomes Deeply Involved In The Hunt For A Serial Killer. He Soon Realizes He’S The Target Of A Secret Lapd Unit And His Malibu Beach Cottage Is No Refuge. In The Gritty La Trial Courts On The Venice Beach Testosterone-Charged “A” Basketball Court In The “Wilds” Of Malibu And Among An Amazing Cadre Of Beautiful And Complicated Women Denny Seeks Justice And His True Self. In The Summer Of 1968 A Serial Killer Is Loose In Los Angeles. The Press Calls Him The Night Slayer And He Robs “Mom-And-Pop” Businesses In South Central La Leaving No Witnesses. As The Slayer’S Body Count Increases The City Begins To Destabilize And A Repeat Of The Watts Riots Is Brewing. Denny’S High School Pal Jack Hansen Is The Lead Lapd Homicide Detective Charged With Catching The Slayer. As The Public Defender For Many Of The Suspects Arrested Denny Begins To Formulate A Profile Of The Slayer. As The Search Continues Denny Wins And Loses Trials And Women. He’S An Emerging Star In The Criminal Justice System And Is Realizing The Significance And Vulnerability Of That Role. Then Using Denny’S Insight To The Slayer Jack Makes The Arrest And Denny Will Now Represent The Slayer At The Lineup.