Zachary Martin

Angie's home life is about to change forever as she comes to grips with her son Manny heading off to college. But there's little time to reflect on her new empty-nester status as a brutal crime focuses her attention on another young man. While investigating the murder of a teenage boy, Angie's past comes back to haunt her in the form of the homicide that inspired her interest in police work. Navigating a maze of red herrings and investigative dead ends, it takes all of Angie's experience and training to right the wrongs of the past as she races against time to catch a killer before he kills again.

Blacksmith Aaron Fremont advertises for a Mail Order Bride to end his loneliness. She arrives with her son and a hidden past. Aaron's situation becomes increasingly complex when a dark object from his past also appears The Dead Man's Gun.