Bøger af Thomas S. Mulvaugh

t had been two solid years of solving murders for a 'dollar a day' for Rick Ryder after wrapping up this last one, Ryder has decided to take the summer off and spend it with his family on his ranch near Cassville MO. However, that vacation is cut short when his neighbor and Biology professor at Crowder College in Neosho, Annie Harris stumbles into Ryder's 15-year-old sister's Marissa's birthday party covered in blood and with a blood-soaked dollar bill begging them to find the killer before the other's are killed. The vacation is cut short. Left at the scene of every murder is a wooden plaque with a playing card glued to it, and a bible verse burned into, it that all traces back to a bizarre connection to the Sergeant's Club at Crowder College. A club that his mother founded and now members of that original club are being murdered. Could it be because of a secret the club swore to never tell and sealed it in a blood covenant as they vowed to take it to their graves? Can Ryder uncover this secret before the next victim is murdered? Or will the Blood Covenant of the Sergeants Club be Ryder's last case, when he finds another secret that shows his whole life has been one big lie?

It has been three years since former Kansas City Detective Rick Ryder resigned from the force after winning the biggest lottery jackpot ever; he thought the game was over, however his life is about to get turned upside down. While he is at Arrowhead, being toasted by the royalty of the city, his former childhood sweetheart, and now the wife of the Speaker of the House, Annalisa Warner is found murdered in his sports car at Roaring River State Park. Now he is drawn back into the 'Game of Murder' when he returns to his hometown of Cassville, MO to find out who murdered her. The only clue that he has is a secret note that was written by Annalisa that he can't decode. Helping him with the investigation are his old classmates, and Annalisa's younger sister, whose hatred for her brother-in-law and her affection for Ryder cause her to turn on her own family in her pursuit of the truth of what happened to her sister. Standing in their way is an F.B.I. Special Agent Isabelle Alexander, who goes by the name Alex, who keeps telling him "this case is much more than just murder", but at the same time she is determined to keep the real cause of Annalisa's murder hidden. As Ryder finds the real cause of her death he is sure he knows who did it, but with each clue there is but another twist and turn that leads to more suspects and secrets, including one secret that 'once learned he can never unlearn again.'