Leslie Williams, a brilliant tort attorney is bored by her husband, a respected member of the state supreme court. After trading on his famous name to get ahead, she tries to get her freedom by murdering him and concocts a scheme to make it appear that he's been kidnapped and held for ransom. After she pays the ransom to herself, his dead body is found. She may have fooled the FBI but not Lt. Columbo, who is aided by her vengeful stepdaughter. 可倫坡系列的第二集试播片 美丽聪明的女律师完美布局假绑架真谋杀自己的丈夫，这次神探如何从细节入手呢？女律师丈夫的前妻留下的一個女兒正值青春期，她強烈懷疑繼母殺了父親，兩個女人爭吵起來又会出现什么效果呢？
