An insurance salesman out in the middle of the night to buy aspirin to cure his headache comes across a robbery in progress at a convenience store. After the thief shoots the clerk, the salesman takes off after the thief rather than tending to the wounded shopkeeper. The thief then turns to shoot the salesman, but the salesman shoots first. The cops arrive to find him with the weapon and a dead man, and decide to charge the salesman with murder. "An incredible read." The City Post "Well drawn places and characters." Ellie Tomlinson - The Librarian "Beautifully written." Barton Ludlam - The Writer's Bench "Cope's a force to be reckoned with." Manchester Reality