Tranum

A man turns up dead at a nuclear conference in Charleston, West Virginia. A local reporter decides that nuclear plus murder equals a sexy story that might help him get a job at a big-city newspaper. But the deeper he digs, the more complicated the story gets. Did the man's wife kill him for cheating? Did his company kill him for leaking secrets? Did an unhinged anti-nuclear activist kill him to make a point?

Sam Tranum reported on global uranium markets, the nuclear energy business, and proliferation issues for two years from Washington, DC. He has also worked as a reporter for the Charleston Daily Mail, in West Virginia. He is now living in Kolkata with his wife, editing for The Statesman. He holds a BA from Antioch College, and an MA from the University of Chicago.