Run To Ground
A Novel
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Murderer Assassinated at Prison Gates: Justice Served?
What would you do if someone brutally murdered your only child, served only months in jail because of a technicality, and continually taunted, even threatened, you from behind bars?
Could you hide your growing rage from family and friends? Could you gun the killer down as he left prison? Could you change your ID and leave behind your entire life—family, friends, jobs, house—and just disappear? Could Tim and Martha Foster do this?
Forensic evidence and criminal behavior expert Dub Walker, along with best friend and homicide investigator T-Tommy Tortelli and ex-wife and TV reporter Claire McBride, employ all their skills to track down the Fosters.
But Dub quickly learns that the murder of Walter Whitiker is not as simple as it appears, and Tim and Martha are not the only ones who want Walt dead. Are they truly as clever as they seem, or did someone twist the evidence to keep the hot light of suspicion on the Fosters?
Perfect for fans of Jeffery Deaver
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At the start of forensics expert Lyle's middling third mystery featuring Huntsville, Ala., criminal consultant Dub Walker (after 2011's Hot Lights, Cold Steel), Tim and Martha Foster hatch a plot to assume new identities and disappear after killing Walter Whitiker, who abducted and murdered their seven-year-old son, Steven, and is now due for early release after serving time only for perjury and obstruction of justice. As Whitiker walks out of Stone Gate Prison, he's hit by two rifle shots, one of them fatal. Huntsville homicide cop T-Tommy Tortelli takes charge of the investigation, for which his friend Dub becomes an official consultant. In addition to sifting through trace evidence left behind at the shooting site, they need to locate the Fosters. J.D. Whitiker, Walter's brother, is also looking for the Fosters for more sinister reasons. Lyle's sure handling of forensic issues helps make up for thin characters and too many unlikely occurrences.
