New York Instances bestselling expert of mystery Phillip Margolin transcends his traditional territory within this new and various reserve, a haunting thriller motivated by an memorable photograph.

Visiting an art museum displaying a retrospective of acclaimed photographer Kathy Moran’s work, aspiring novelist Stacey Kim is definitely stunned with the photo at the center of the show-the famous “Woman with a Gun,” which won a Pulitzer Reward and launched the photographer’s job. Shot from behind, the enigmatic about Girl With a Gun: A Book black-and-white image is certainly a picture of a woman in a wedding dress, sitting on the shoreline during the night, facing the sea. Behind her back, she keeps a six-shooter.

The image captures Stacey’s imagination, raising a host of compelling questions. Has the woman killed her husband on their wedding night? Is usually she likely to commit suicide? Is usually she looking forward to someone she programs to kill? Obsessed with acquiring answers, Stacey discovers that the woman in the photo is usually Megan Cahill, suspected of eliminating her spouse, millionaire Raymond Cahill, with the six-shooter on the wedding night. But the murder was under no circumstances solved.

Drawn deeper into the case, Stacey finds that everyone involved includes a different opinion of Megan’s culpability. However the one person who may know the whole story-Kathy Moran-isn’t talking. Stacey must find a way to get to the reclusive professional photographer or the truth may never see the light of time.