The Smoking Gun

Truth can be the deadliest weapon--because it's the easiest one to conceal

A split-second judgment and the pump of a single bullet turn a routine assignment into murder for reporter Nell Matthews and officer Mike Svenson. The shoot-out at the Grantham Women's Shelter does more than liberate a terrified wife from a knife-wielding husband, it leaves Mike holding the gun and targeted for scandal. And it leaves Nell with an unexpected key to the dead man's past. A key that links him to a bizarre conspiracy. A key that will lure Nell into the crosshairs of a cunning and savage killer still on the loose....