Forensics prodigy Jessie Teska investigates a carefully staged fatal accident that is further complicated by a major earthquake that decimates San Francisco.

There;s a body crushed under a load of pipes on a San Francisco construction site, and medical examiner Dr. Jessie Teska is on call. Her autopsy reveals that the death is a homicide staged as an accident. When an earthquake sends the city reeling, her case falls apart and an innocent man is being framed. Jessie is the only one who can prove it-- if she can piece together the truth before it gets buried in the rubble. -- adapted from jacket