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The Axman of New Orleans - by Chuck Hustmyre (Paperback)

The Axman of New Orleans - by  Chuck Hustmyre (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Based on the true story...</p><p> </p><p>Detective Colin Fitzgerald, only recently returned from World War I, with scars inside and out, is back in New Orleans and chasing the killer the newspapers call <em>The Axman</em>, a ruthless predator who has plagued the city for years, breaking into people's homes in the middle of the night and murdering them in their beds.</p><p> </p><p>The killer even writes a letter to a local newspaper--echoing <em>Jack the Ripper </em>from three decades earlier--and claims to be a "demon from hell."</p><p> </p><p>The top brass at the Police Department says the killer is a madman, but Colin suspects there is more to these brutal killings than madness, perhaps much more.</p><p> </p><p>Yet even Colin is shocked when he discovers the murders are linked to City Hall and a vast corruption scheme, with roots that reach back decades, to the assassination of a legendary police chief and to the murder of Colin's own father, the former chief of detectives.</p>

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