Death Toll - Softcover

Chambers, William

 
9780595200566: Death Toll

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A Seaside Resort Town Is Caught In A Grip Of Fear: A prominent citizen is savagely slain by a car bomb for no apparent reason. A saintly man of God is crucified to his church floor, barbed wire forming a crown of thorns on his head. Then a note to a local TV station clearly spells the reason out. The killer demands the town pay a blood soaked ransom called a Death Toll or the random killings would escalate. Retired NYPD Lieutenant Marty Callahan comes to the resort town to relax, hone his mystery writing skills and forget a bad marriage. Instead he finds himself embroiled in a true-life mystery; involved in a torrid love affair; sucker-punched by a young punk; and damn near blown to pieces while the town is being squeezed for blood money. Corpse by corpse the screw is turned as Callahan matches wits with a figure as deadly and elusive as a shark...

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