Someone is playing a game with Mapletonâs Chief of Police ⊠and itâs deadly.
For Mapleton Police Chief Gordon Hepler, life has become predictably boringâdespite being a newlywed. Being a husband is great. Dealing with nothing but parking violations, speeders, and the occasional disorderly complaint is monotonous. Gordon wonders if heâs been so busy dealing with âChief Stuffâ that heâs lost his edge as a street cop. Especially when his biggest challenges are handling the penny-pinching mayor and deciding what goes into the stationâs vending machines. A few anonymous prank letters are about the only ânon-normalâ things to hit his desk, and even those pose no apparent threat.
When a tragic car accident kills a friend, Gordon soon learns it was no accident. Determined this is the case meant to pull him out of his workplace rut, Gordon delves into the investigation. He and his colleagues uncover a string of similar murders all across the country over the last 20-odd years. Then, going through a victimâs personal effects, Gordon discovers the same type of anonymous letters that heâs been receiving. Now itâs a race against the clock to find the killer before another victim is chosen.
Or is Gordon the next casualty on the killerâs list?
This 9th book in the Mapleton Mystery series pits Gordon against a cat-and-mouse killer playing a deadly game.