Murder by the Clock is a mystery in the Sam Spade tradition. Rachel Christie is an engineer turned investigator and is trying to begin a new life by saving an innocent man from a grisly murder charge. Rachel survives threats from the Sheriff, anonymous threats on her life and an attempt to kill her before facing the murder's gun.Rachel Christie is a woman in a man's world andcarries enough baggage to fill the trunk of herold Mercedes 280SL.She moved from Houston to the small town ofRock City to escape her troubled past and to ridherself of the name Jinxy.After six months of struggling and running outof money, she finally gets a case. A case that noone wants solved but a case that she must solveor return to her former troubled life.