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Adam Cooke had been a mobster, a hoodlum, a notorious villain and thug. He had been dead and buried for three years—until Detective Inspector Lyle caught sight of the man who had to be Adam Cooke, artificial leg and all.Lyle did not believe in ghosts. He reported what he'd seen to his superiors, and they in turn decided that his extraordinary case called for extraordinary measures. They formed a commando group, a small group of selected policemen willing to risk their jobs, their pensions, and even their lives during the course of a special operation.As they swing into action against Adam Cooke and his cronies, John Wainwright tells a pulse-pounding tale that graphically and realistically portrays the methods and mentality of a hardened criminal gang—a tale that again proves Wainwright a master of his art.
First American edition. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Dust soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. Mild dust soiling to the jacket's rear panel.
Inspector Lyle assumes command of a secret investigation into unsolved murders linked to the city of Lessford's all-powerful crime boss
When Tabitha Wardle is murdered, everyone in Calford suspects her husband of the crime, but out-of-town investigator Inspector Lyle knows that there is more to the killing than domestic violence, and a second murder proves his theory