A Specter of Justice Contributor(s): de Castrique, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1464204748 ISBN-13: 9781464204746 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators - Fiction | Small Town & Rural - Fiction | Crime |
Series: Sam Blackman |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A good choice for anyone who enjoys small-town mysteries and ghost stories. --Booklist When private detective Sam Blackman agrees to help his partner and lover, Nakayla Robertson, conduct a fundraiser for orphaned twin boys, he does so to ease his conscience. The boys' parents were killed in a courtroom shootout where Sam was the key witness against the twins' father. The charity event, a nighttime ghost tour of the legendary haunted sites of Asheville, North Carolina, seems harmless enough. Sam only has to tell the story of a grief-stricken woman who hanged herself from an old, arched stone bridge. Helen, come forth! he cries. Sam and his tour-goers expect the actress playing Helen's ghost to walk toward them from the bridge's dark recesses. Instead, her body tumbles from overhead and dangles at the end of a noose. Someone has reenacted the legend with deadly authenticity. When a second murder mimics another old ghost tale, the police fear a macabre serial killer is on the prowl. But the case isn't Sam's to solve. Then, a tidal wave of evidence begins to point to one man--Sam's friend, defense attorney Hewitt Donaldson. Sam and Nakayla, firmly believing in Donaldson's innocence, must not only prove it, but halt a murderer seemingly bent on retribution. Does the killer's motivation rise from the present, or is Team Donaldson dealing with some specter from the past? |
Contributor Bio(s): de Castrique, Mark: - Mark de Castrique grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina where many of his novels are set. He's a veteran of the television and film production industry, has served as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte teaching The American Mystery, and he's a frequent speaker and workshop leader. He and his wife, Linda, live in Charlotte, North Carolina. www.markdecastrique.com |