After-Image — Leona Gom

Of mixed native and white heritage, fiercely independent, and a graduate student in film studies, Vicky Bauer is far from the perfect wife for a schoolteacher working on a Canadian armed forces base in Germany. Vicky has had the occasional minor scrape with military authorities, as well as an on-again, off-again drinking problem.
So when Vicky claims she has seen a woman murdered, and the corpse cannot be found, nobody believes her. Instead, they think she has imagined the whole episode - especially that the killer wore an armed forces uniform.
But Vicky begins to uncover a complex web of secrets, illegal activities, and plausible motives for murder. Suspects include her own husband, seemingly a bit too protective of their racist landlord. There is also the base doctor who likes to keep military "dependents" like Vicky tranquilized; the soldier harboring a career-destroying secret; and the investigating lieutenant, suspiciously eager to dismiss Vicky's claims.
When drug dealing, political extremism, and homophobia become parts of the puzzle, Vicky realizes she is not simply a witness, but maybe the next target.