Details — Kristine Kathryn Rusch

George has lived a full life as a decorated WWII veteran, high-end attorney, family man. But the incident that haunts him only took five minutes -- five minutes when he shared a Coke with a woman on her way to California, a woman who would die hours later. Murdered. Maybe even by George.

Winner of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine's 1998 Readers' Choice Award.

“Kristine Kathryn Rusch's crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style.”
-- Ed Gorman, Mystery Scene Magazine