Part of Series
Tony Frazer, a millionaire playboy, tries to sidestep a panhandler. To Frazer's amazement, the man whispers his name. . .then pumps two bullets dead center through his chest.Frank Hastings, a veteran police lieutenant, knows it's not a casual killing. Then others are killed in the same way. All are men, all wealthy and powerful. And all are shot with a silenced .22 automatic. Can Hastings pull together the threads that link them and snare the murderer? "Finely honed and richly textured, a story that gets under your skin." (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Author
Aka Carter Wick Collin Wilcox was an American mystery writer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, his first book was The Black Door (1967), featuring a sleuth possessing extrasensory perception. His major series of novels was about Lieutenant Frank Hastings of the San Francisco Police Department. Titles in the Hastings series included Hire a Hangman, Dead Aim, Hiding Place, Long Way Down and Stalking Horse. Two of his last books, Full Circle and Find Her a Grave, featured a new hero-sleuth, Alan Bernhardt, an eccentric theater director. Wilcox also published under the pseudonym "Carter Wick". Wilcox's most famous series-detective was the television character Sam McCloud, a New Mexico deputy solving New York crime. The "urban cowboy" was played by Dennis Weaver in the 1970-1977 TV series McCloud. Wilcox wrote three novelizations based on scripts from the series: McCloud (1973), The New Mexican Connection (1974), and The Park Avenue Executioner (1975).
