Researching an unsolved murder, crime novelist Adam Qnn becomes entangled in a real life mystery, dodging an assassin’s bullets in a desperate scramble across the Arizona desert.

Setting aside personal problems, high school science teacher and part time writer, Adam Quinn seeks greater authenticity in his writing. He obtains the help of Arizona homicide detective Holly Farrell. Her investigation of a cold case file points toward a powerful Arizona media mogul. Soon, Adam and Holly are involved in a real life murder mystery, dodging assassin’s bullets in a rain swept dash across the Arizona desert.