劳森(小库珀·古丁 Cuba Gooding Jr. 饰)是一名经验丰富口碑良好的律师,某日,市长请他帮自己犯下了杀人罪过的儿子进行辩护,劳森内心里尚存的良心驱使他拒绝了这一“美差”,他也因此而丢掉了工作。 就在劳森的生活陷入了困境之时,他偶然得到了一部名为《乌鸦谋杀案》的小说,该小说的作者已经死亡,一时糊涂的劳森将小说据为己有,并凭此一炮而红。名声给劳森带来了财富,却也带来了麻烦,没过多久,劳森便成为了警察重点监视的对象,因为《乌鸦谋杀案》中的谋杀案件,在现实中接二连三的发生了!为了找回自己的清白,劳森决定亲自出马,透过种种蛛丝马迹,找到隐藏在幕后的黑手。After a lawyer gets disbarred, he goes off to write a book about his experience. He meets a man who lets him read his manuscript. The man dies and the lawyer passes the book off as his. Just when the book becomes a big success. He gets arrested for the true life murders of the five lawyers in his book. He then finds himself, trying to prove that he is innocent of the murders.