In this timely novel, Clark McKay, a retired Army Special Forces Colonel, has developed a drinking problem after losing his wife and son in a car accident, as well as from the nightmares of his Vietnam days. And he's not getting any younger. In spite of his problems, he is determined to find out who murdered his best friend and his friend's wife.

McKay meets a multitude of characters who come to life in Slow Bullet. From his kind-hearted godson and his friend's spitfire daughter, to the beautiful Brazilian prostitute he befriends - both good and bad are...