The Chessman
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3.8 • 5 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Hidden forces are willing to kill any and all who stand in the way of untold billions. To toss the authorities off track, they borrow the modus operandi of a brutal serial killer — 'The Chessman' — who stalked the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. some years earlier. The ruse is working brilliantly except for one minor detail. The real Chessman is not pleased — not pleased one iota — that someone has stolen his M.O. Enter Drew Cady, ex-FBI agent, who finds himself being sucked back into the very case that almost took his life, a case that crippled him both physically and emotionally. By capturing 'The Chessman' and his blood-spattered copycat, Cady has a last shot at redemption. If he can find a way to survive, that is.
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Burton (Sleuth Slayer) delivers an outstanding serial killer thriller that will impress even seasoned practitioners of this subgenre. Three years earlier, Drew Cady left the FBI, damaged physically and mentally after pursuing a serial killer known as the Chessman, who inserted chess pieces into the fatal wounds of his victims. Now, a possible copycat killer has murdered Kenneth Gottlieb, the new SEC commissioner, in Washington, D.C., leaving in Gottlieb's body a clear glass queen, "the same make that the Chessman utilized in the previous homicides." Cady and the bureau were convinced at the time that they found the Chessman's body, but what if he wasn't dead? Cady must reinvestigate the original crimes to see what they might have missed the first time. The convolutions are both mind-boggling and well-conceived, and Burton excels at balancing scenes of action and pursuit with deduction. Whether or not Cady returns in another book, Burton has established himself as someone definitely to watch.
