03597cam a2200421 i 4500 24745 24745 17896578 OSt 20190501235249.0 130924s2014 nyu 000 1 eng 2013036198 9781626365575 (pbk.) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc PS3608.A72518 S65 2014 813/.6 23 FIC022000 FIC050000 FIC022010 bisacsh Hardacker, Vaughn C. 947 Sniper : a thriller / Vaughn C. Hardacker. New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. 300 pages ; 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier "When a sniper kills four people on Boston Common, Boston homicide detective Mike Houston and his partner Anne Bouchard are sent to investigate the case. Amidst the blood and terror, Houston discovers similarities, likenesses-the killer's positioning, his choice of victims, and his code of ethics-between the crime scene and his own training as a US Marine scout and sniper. And with the staging of the scene set for prime shock value, Houston has to wonder what it is this murderer intends to accomplish. The connection is confirmed in the worst possible way when the sniper strikes again, this time killing Houston's ex-wife, severing what's left of the bond between Houston and his estranged daughter, Susie. It's personal now, and as the death toll rises, Houston and Bouchard will stop at nothing to find the cold-blooded sniper who's making a mockery of their department. In a final gesture of cat and mouse depravity, the killer kidnaps Susie, luring Houston to an island on a remote lake in Maine for a deadly, sniper-to-sniper showdown. "-- Provided by publisher. "When a sniper kills four people on Boston Common, Boston homicide detective Mike Houston and his partner Anne Bouchard are sent to investigate the case. Amidst the blood and terror, Houston discovers similarities--the killer's positioning, his choice of victims, and his code of ethics--between the crime scene and his own training as a US Marine scout and sniper. And with the staging of the scene set for prime shock value, Houston has to wonder what it is this murderer intends to accomplish. The connection is confirmed in the worst possible way when the sniper strikes again, this time killing Houston's ex-wife, severing what's left of the bond between Houston and his estranged daughter, Susie. It's personal now, and as the death toll rises, Houston and Bouchard will stop at nothing to find the cold-blooded sniper who's making a mockery of their department. In a final gesture of cat and mouse depravity, the killer kidnaps Susie, luring Houston to an island on a remote lake in Maine for a deadly, sniper-to-sniper showdown. "-- Provided by publisher. Snipers Fiction. 948 Serial murderers Fiction. 949 Criminal behavior, Prediction of Fiction. 950 Criminal investigation Fiction. 892 FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General. bisacsh 924 FICTION / Crime. bisacsh 923 FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled. bisacsh 951 Suspense fiction. gsafd 8 Mystery fiction. gsafd 411 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BOOK ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2017-03-28 14.95 5 0 HARD 36676 2019-05-08 2019-05-08 2017-03-28 BOOK