Dead Man's Bridge
A Jake Cantrell Mystery
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
For fans of Linwood Barclay, this exhilarating series debut by award-winning author Robert Mrazek features former Army officer Jake Cantrell as he tries to solve a series of murders at a small college town in upstate New York.
Unfairly disgraced former army officer Jake Cantrell has only one friend left: Bug, a wolf-dog he saved while serving in Afghanistan. Together, they try to put his bitter past behind him and Jake settles for employment at the bottom rung of the campus security ladder of a small upstate New York college. But things only turn worse when the college’s richest and most powerful alumnus is found hanging from a campus footbridge on the eve of homecoming weekend.
Jake is convinced the man was murdered, but with no credibility to his name, no one agrees—at least not until a second body is found hanging from the same bridge. But as a vicious hurricane sweeps up the Eastern seaboard, the clock is ticking and it’s only a matter of time before the killer strikes again.
Trusting his instincts, Jake puts his own life in peril as he attempts to uncover the buried secrets at the heart of the murders in acclaimed author Robert J. Mrazek’s Dead Man’s Bridge, the first in a new heart-pounding mystery series sure to keep readers hooked until the very last page.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this strong series launch, Mrazek (The Bone Hunters) makes a familiar setup fresh by combining tight plotting with a flawed but empathetic lead. Guilt-ridden army veteran Jake Cantrell, still haunted by the men who died under his command in Afghanistan, now works as a campus security officer at St. Andrews College in upstate New York. His ailing dog, Bug, is his only genuine companion. When a body turns up hanging from the pedestrian bridge that connects the campus with the town, Jake's rules-bound superior instantly deems the death a suicide. Jake is convinced it's foul play. After the dead man is identified as St. Andrews alum and major donor Dennis Wheatley, his widow demands that Jake be put in charge of the investigation. Meanwhile, Jake takes on another sensitive inquiry after the college president, a friend married to Jake's lost love, asks him to find the person blackmailing him. The complex characterization of the lead bodes well for the series' longevity.
