Nye stepped toward the FBI agent as the airline supervisor said, "It looks like a late booking, Flight 1456 to Los Angeles, in the name of S. Drucker" He tapped again.The FBI agent was already on his radio.

He was a war hero and a member of Congress. Now he's dead shot down the day after he made a scathing speech blasting corruption in Washington. For Sacramento police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya, the investigation is a time bomb. They have just twenty-four hours to find out if the congressman was killed because of his speech...or something far worse.