A government agent ends up face down in the woods behind his mountain hideaway. In a small, quaint town a minister leads his congregation in more than worship and prayer. An honest man perpetrates a criminal act, and then buries all the evidence. A terrorist with a diabolical plot finds himself up against an unusual and formidable foe. When death is suspicious, when those who cause it don’t fit any pattern or profile, you can’t just round up the usual suspects. The answer to “who” lies in finding out “why,” and that can lead to unexpected results. The perpetrators in these four stories are unusual for different reasons. History, opportunity and circumstance all play a part in violent death, planned or accidental. l.