What s the one secret no one knows about you? Archie Mint has a secret. He s led a charmed life he s got a beautiful wife, two impressive kids, and a successful military career. But when he s killed while trying to stop a robbery in his own home, his family is shattered and then shocked when the other shoe drops. Mint s been hiding criminal secrets none of them could have imagined. While working on Mint s body before his funeral, mortician Zig Zigarowski discovers something he was never meant to see. That telling detail leads him to Mint s former top secret military unit and his connection to artist Nola Brown. Two years ago, Nola saved Zig s life so he knows better than most that she s as volatile and dangerous as a bolt of lightning. Following Nola s trail, he uncovers one of the U.S. government s most intensely guarded secrets an undisclosed millitary facility that dates back to the Cold War and holds the key to something far more sinister: a hidden group willing to compromise the very safety and security of America itself. Trouble always finds her She s the lightning rod.
