\*A cold dark night. A cemetery full of secrets. And murderous ghosts on the loose. \* After more than a decade, Connor Mann is forced out of the psychiatric ward he once called home. He finds himself back in the town where he grew up, with a distant father, and a tragedy all too painful to be
Hungry Ghosts
β Scribed by Blair, Peggy
- Book ID
- 108894870
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Series
- Inspector Ramirez 3
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781476757940
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β¦ Synopsis
Inspector Ricardo Ramirez investigates a string of dead prostitutes from Cuba to Canada in this carefully constructed mystery from award-winning author Peggy Blair.
Murders always multiply when thereβs a full moon, Inspector Ricardo Ramirez knows. As heβs investigating a vandal in the art world, a ghost appears by Ramirezβs sideβ¦a sure sign that another murder victim is on the way. Ramirezβs fears are confirmed when a dead prostitute is found in Havana with nylons wrapped tightly around her neck, an MO that connects to his only cold case.
When another womanβs body is discovered in a similar condition on a First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario, Detective Charlie Pike struggles to determine whether the murder is a standalone crime or if the Highway Strangler has struck again. Before long, both detectives find themselves tracking a killer whose reach extends further than they could have imagined.
As the pressure mounts,...
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