Author Description

Steve Turner is a 32 year old, six year Marine Corps veteran. After serving three combat tours in the Middle East, and losing several friends, including a young nurse he had planned to marry, he decides to leave the Corps and rebuild his civilian life. He settles in Chicago, Illinois, where he attends college and eventually becomes an accountant. One evening a friend takes him to a club where he meets a young, recently widowed lawyer. Sometime later, on a stormy afternoon, he arranges to take her home after work. On arriving at her apartment, they meet Detective Robert Murphy of the Chicago Police Department who is investigating the murder of an unidentified young woman. After several twists in his investigation, the detective comes to believe that Steve and his new friend have innocently stumbled into an international plot of murder and intrigue. After several close calls with death and a desperate race to head off a catastrophic event, justice is served and they solve the case and all live happily ever after. Or do they?