A blood-soaked carpet, a bashed-in face, and oozing gray-matter heralded the end of Francine Ketcham. The Chief Financial Officer of defense contractor Earhardt-Roane Avionics was beaten to a bloody pulp late one night in her office. It was the most gruesome crime in the history of the small southern town of Seaside Beach. Who would do such a thing and why? Did it have anything to do with the National Security Agency's undercover investigation of the company? Was the murder the result of a burglary gone wrong or was it intended to hide a threat to national security? Finding the answers falls...