Texas-based crime reporter Molly Cates has justpublished her first book, describing theblood-curdling exploits of serial killer Louie Bronk. Now ondeath row, Louie's sentence is about to be carriedout. Molly will be there as a witness, and shewants to write about it--the final coda to Louie'sstory. But suddenly, she's being stronglydiscouraged by her boss at the Lone StarMonthly and by Charlie McFarland, the millionairereal estate developer whose first wife, Tiny, wasBronk's most famous victim--and the only one whosemurder is a capital offense. Then Molly starts toreceive dark hints that Louie may not have killedTiny after all. There is another murder followingLouis's M.O.--one he could not have committed.The veracity of Molly's book is threatened--and thenher very life. Caught between...