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Book Review of Hangman

Hangman
Hangman
Author: Michael Slade
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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The game begins in Seattle, where a hanged woman is found with one leg missing. Then, in Vancouver, a corpse is found with both legs missing. Teh clue that binds these horrific crimes together is a game of "Hangman" crudely drawn at each location - painted in the victims' blood.
The victims, it seems, were jurors on a controversial case years ago, in which a man was sentenced to death - by hanging. Two cops on both sides of the border - Canadian detective Zinc Chandler and American detective Maddy Thorne - are up against a killer whose every move means death. To stop him, they must solve the riddle of the hangman - before the madman makes his final, murderous move...and wins the game.