Matlock plays a game of cat and mouse with the real murderer when he defends his accountant.
When the proprietor of an accounting firm is murdered, clues point to a local serial killer. Due to the killer's clever maneuvering, Ben Matlock's accountant is cast as a copycat and arrested. As Ben works to unmask the real villain, he begins to get trapped in the killer's web, web which just might end up around his neck.—garinator