Suddenly a Stranger

Gail Nicholson made many enemies leaking police records to aide criminals and political smear campaigns, including Detective Marti MacAlister, who served under her when she was a lieutenant at the Lincoln Prairie Police Department. For two years Nicholson has gone straight, but now some of her old friends want her to distract the authorities while they bring in a large shipment of methamphetamine. She agrees, under one condition: that information implicating Marti is given to the defense in a homicide case. When Nicholson turns up dead, Marti is initially suspected of the murder. As Marti attempts to track down the real killer she finds herself vulnerable to blackmailor even worseat the hands of the meth dealers. Can Marti solve the crime in time to save her own life and reputation?