It began as a book signing. What should have been a minor celebration turned into a major disaster. And P.I. Matt Harper witnessed it. The author, Craig Miller, was dead. Was it murder? The M.E., Dr. Moe, would determine that. But why would anyone want to kill the writer? And why kill him in front of more than a hundred people at Viktor's Book Store? It made no sense. Then Alpha VII, a new wonder drug, entered the picture. Its profit potential generated excitement, avarice, and criminal activity in France and America. This case proved that people who kill other people can be not only cruel, but extremely cunning and creative as well.