The Dead Survivors - Mars Bahr, Bk 2 Author:K. J. Erickson A SUSPICIOUS DEATH — When Frank Beck, a sympathetic dreamer on a lifelong losing streak, is found hanged during a lonely Minnesota snowstorm, everyone assumes that he committed suicide. But Minneapolis Homicide Detective Marshall Bahr can't make sense of the numbers inscribed on Beck's right arm or the fact that a guy who was descr... more »ibed as sloppy could tie a perfect hangman's noose for himself...
A LEGENDARY BATTLE
Mars begins to dig deep into Beck's life and uncovers an obscure fact in the dead man's ancestry -- a connection to the Battle of Gettysburg -- and to make sense of its bearing on this homicide, he needs to understand nineteen seconds of action at the end of this historical battle. Could Beck's death-by-hanging be related to the Civil War?
A PSYCHOTIC KILLER ON THE LOOSE
Then another body turns up -- and another. Now Mars is on the trail of a serial killer whose motive seems to be related to a contemporary controversy about Gettysburg. From the freezing Minnesota winter to Richmond, Virginia, Mars embarks on an investigation where he discovers that past and present co-mingle -- and old grudges lead to modern murder« less