Shadow of an Assassin

About the Book

Detective Angela Callahan is used to taking on the tough cases. The brutally disturbing cases that no sane cop would ever want and the fiendishly clever ones that those same cops can’t solve. For the last five years, these cases have included tracking down and putting away serial killers. Methodical, maniacal, never stopping until they are caught or dead, killing machines. And so far, she’s gotten them all. 

Her latest case is a strange one. Members of San Francisco’s most violent street gang are being murdered by night. One at a time, each by a single, fatal stab to the heart. Seventeen victims so far. Angela has been put on the case along with a new partner, with orders to get it closed as quickly as possible. But she soon realizes that there is much more going on here than meets the eye.  As Angela begins to unravel the hidden secrets of the gang, she discovers that there is something deep and dark going on right here in her own city. Playing major parts in it are a dirty politician who will stop at nothing to achieve his dreams and a government organization that no one is supposed to know even exists. Throw in the fact that she can trust no one, not even her own department, and she finds herself facing peril and betrayal at every turn. And the only way to survive may be to put her own life, in the hands of a cold-blooded killer.

About the Author

Mike Phipps lives along the Northern California coastline where he is enjoying semi-retirement as the supervisor of a working  cattle ranch.