A debut murder mystery written by KARE-11 TV (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) political reporter, Kerri Miller. When outspoken Governor and former lumberjack Edward "Bunyan" Hamm states in a "Patriot magazine" interview that women should not serve in the military during, his comments stirs up a controversy in his home state of Minnesota. The controversy attracts national journalist and feminist author Millicent Pine to St. Paul, much to the chagrin of Governor Hamm's Press Secretary, Liz "The Barracuda" Barracosta. When Millicent Pine mysteriously disappears, intrepid local broadcast journalist Cate McCoy begins a search to find the missing journalist. Cate's journey to the mystery's surprising conclusion takes her all the way from Minnesota's snowy capital city of St. Paul to steamy Mexican locales. Dead air delivers an intriguing mix of politics and murder, with an insider's glimpse into the behind-the-scenes world of television journalism