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The Devil's Dollar: A Ben Masterson Mystery
The Devil's Dollar: A Ben Masterson Mystery
The Devil's Dollar: A Ben Masterson Mystery
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The Devil's Dollar: A Ben Masterson Mystery

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Evil in its purest form. A man who cuts a trail of death, but leaves no footprints, no clues. Investigator Ben Masterson knows no man is perfect and that somewhere, some day the killer will make a mistake. When he does, Ben will trail him to the ends of the earth, if necessary, and bring him down. Or die trying.
When two FBI agents are brutally executed in an apartment leased by a convent, Ben cant say No, when a nun and childhood friend asks him to take the case, never imagining it will send him hurtling to a face-off with a serial killer and child rapist and come to a dramatic end in a battle that will leave only one of them standing.
Along the way to the face-off with this monster, Ben learns love is not always what it seems, that good is not always completely pure, and evil sometimes contains a kernel of white light. Most importantly, he learns just how far hell go to bring down a killer. As far as it takes even if that means making a bargain with the devil himself.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateJul 22, 2008
ISBN9781469117614
The Devil's Dollar: A Ben Masterson Mystery
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Lenora Stewart

Lenora’s greatest passion since early in life has been writing. In following that passion, she has become both a versatile and accomplished writer, with her experience covering a broad range of non-fiction from a series of New Age books to financial and technical articles. She is also a published short story author and ghostwriter and has worked as a magazine columnist. The Devil’s Dollar is her first book-length fiction, but certainly not her last. She is currently at work on the second Ben Masterson mystery, Ice on the Devil’s Tongue, as well as the first book in a new mystery series featuring a female investigator, Friday Marshal. Born and raised in rural Florida, Lenora returned to the area some years ago, after having lived in New York and San Diego. Ice on the Devil’s Tongue is set in and around the small town where she was born, Stewart City, Florida.

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