(independent bookseller synopsis)
'Keep back you fool. You haven't a gun.' Sheriff Brandon pushed her out of the way and rushed in the direction of the shots. The girl reporter started after him but Doug Selby clutched at her dress. She whirled on the D. A. Like a wildcat. 'Leave me alone! This is a story! ' She wrenched free, to the sound of tearing cloth. Sylvia Martin, ace reporter who had worked with District Attorney Doug Selby on many of his cases, had no intention of missing the climax of this one.