[Albert Samson 07] • Called by a Panther

Can this go-for-it detective really be the Albert Samson we used to know? Advertising his wares on television? Having too "many" clients? If the workload is too intense, no problem-call in the gap-toothed Bobbi Lee Leonard to help with the less-pressing jobs. So what cases have the strongest claim on Samson's attentions? For one thing, terrorism has come to Indianapolis. Yes, Indianapolis. The Scum Front-a band of environmental extremists-has hit the headlines by planting a bomb a week. Not that Samson's been hired to find them: that's a job for the cops. And the city's panic has even affected Samson's normally level-headed police friend, Captain Miller. For a moment-just a moment-Miller actually thinks Samson has something to do with the Scummies. But that's ridiculous. What Samson has been "asked" to do is find somebody "else" who has a bomb. Somebody not a member of the Scum Front. Somebody who could be anybody. If Samson doesn't do it, nobody will. And the consequences to the city could be literally devastating.