Our hero, intrepid gumshoe Chicago Jake, is trapped on an island with nine blood-thirsty killers. One by one, they are being eliminated.But by whom? Can our master slueth solve the mystery, find the killer, and save his own skin?

The citizens of Salem suffer more than their fair share of life’s ills. Murder. Mayhem. Jealousy. Greed. But when a mysterious handmade Gun shows up on the scene, nothing will ever be the same. For this Gun has its own moral code. It will never fire to do evil, only to do good. As it tumbles in and out of the lives of ordinary citizens - junkies, clerks, cops, criminals, unfaithful husbands - they find their lives changed forever. Sometimes for the better; sometimes for worse.Born ...