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City for Ransom

(2005)
(The first book in the Alastair Ransom series)
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Everyone who has read this book has given it top marks. Set a serial killer formula against the backdrop of the Chicago's Worlds Fair and you have Inspector Alastair Ransom and Dr. James Phineas Tewes chasing down the evil the press calls the Phantom of the Fair.

Genre: Historical Mystery

Praise for this book

"It's the best pairing of a fictional couple in recent memory. Walker takes Caleb Carr territory to a new level. I read it in one sitting. Ransom your soul for this one." - Ken Bruen


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