Part of Series
The game begins in Seattle, where a hanged woman is found with one leg missing. Then, in Vancouver, a corpse is found with both legs missing. The clue that binds these horrific crimes together is a game of "Hangman" crudely drawn at each location—painted in the victim's blood. The victims, it seems, were jurors on a controversial case years ago, in which a man was sentenced to death—by hanging. Two cops on both sides of the border—Canadian detective Zinc Chandler and American detective Maddy Thorne—are up against a killer whose every move means death. To stop him, they must solve the riddle of the hangman—before the madman makes his final, murderous move...and wins the game.
Author
Slade on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MountieNoir Slade on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MountieNoir Criminal lawyer MICHAEL SLADE has acted in over one hundred murder cases. His specialty is the law of insanity. He argued the last death penalty case in Canada’s highest court. Backed by his forensic experience, Slade’s Special X and Wyatt Rook thrillers fuse the genres of police and legal procedure, whodunit and impossible crime, suspense, history, and horror. Slade was guest of honor at both the Bloody Words crime convention and the World Horror Convention. As Time Out puts it, “A thin line separates crime and horror, and in Michael Slade’s thrillers, the demarcation vanishes altogether.” Slade was guest speaker at the international Police Leadership Conference and several RCMP regimental dinners. As Reader’s Digest puts it, “The Slade books have developed a strong following among police officers because of their strict adherence to proper police procedure.” For the stories behind his plots, visit Slade’s Morgue at www.specialx.net.
