Rise Stanton (Joanna Pacula) has it all. She's wife number two to the handsome and successful businessman Fin Gallagher and she cares for his daughter Anita who loves her. The Gallaghers live a jet-set lifestyle most of us can only dream about.

But her world crashes one night after a dinner party when she returns home and finds Fin shot in their bedroom. Naturally she cooperates with the police detective, Malloy (Rob Stewart). But when Malloy asks, "Did Fin have any enemies?", she casually remarks that his ex-wife, the elegant yet vindictive Kit Gallagher (Kate Jackson) had threatened to sue him for more money at the party. Instead of leading to the killer, Risa finds herself arrested for the murder. Fin's partner Brett (Jack Scalia) acts as her lawyer. Along with his wife Eva, both try to help, but it's no use when the gun used for the murder was Risa's, and her angry phone message to Fin is revealed. Risa's framed, convicted of murder and sentenced to die.

On her way to jail Risa becomes an unwitting accessory when two female inmates hijack their prison bus. Realizing this is their one and only chance to find the real killer and clear her name, Risa flees. But as she disguises herself and treks her way methodically back to the city, she learns Fin has been living a double life. With Malloy in pursuit, she must frantically unravel her husband's secret life with questions haunting her. Why are there tropical shirts in his suitcase when he said he went to Denver? Who is the mysterious woman with the long red hair who sent a secret message to Fin at the party, after which he promptly left and was killed? Why are there two sets of books at the office, one showing ten million dollars missing? And most intriguing of all, why is Brett so eager to help her get out of the country?

This is a cat and mouse who-done-it "with more twists than a Hitchockian thriller". Brace yourself for the breathless and edge of the seat climax when the real killer is revealed. Or is he? For as the seasoned Ariana Stanton tells the hardened cop Malloy when he comes searching for Risa, "You lie down with cops, you get up with instincts."

This Canadian production filmed in Vancouver, is a well paced murder mystery film. You can track the video or DVD/VCD on  Ebay or you can try various on line video stores. Its a well done thriller TV movie of the week, yet Kate Jackson's part is not very big in the film.

It has got suspense and action and Jackson and Collins as guest stars give really great performances. It was filmed along with Error in Judgment starring again Joanna Pacula and Kate Jackson, which was also filmed in Vancouver, Canada the same year.