Ex-CIA operative and martial arts expert Roland Troy is living peacefully in the Florida backwaters until he receives an unexpected call from old flame Clara Roseman, who asks him to help clear her son of charges of rape and murder. 50,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo.
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ER-COASTER RIDE OF SEX AND VIOLENCE THAT CAREENS ALONG AT TREMENDOUS SPEED."
--St. Petersburg Times
It's a setup pure, and simple. Somebody did a professional job of making it look like a reckless young man raped and killed a beautiful blond disc jockey in the office of his racing stables. And only one man can find out why . . . .
"[A] FAST-MOVING THRILLER."
--The Indianapolis Star
Ex-homicide detective Roland Troy wants to see justice done--and he comes out of retirement on the lush Florida land he inherited from his grandfather to do it. But it is a different heritage that Troy will employ to ferret out the conspiracy. It is his long-ago initiation into the secret martial arts society, the Prancing Tigers, that will propel Troy down a deadly path toward the truth. . . .
"ENGROSSING."
--The Orlando Sentinel
That path will twist its way back through Troy's own past. Forced to relive the senseless tragedies and searing betrayals t
About the Author:
Philip Singerman is the author of An American Hero: The Red Adair Story and the novel Prancing Tiger. He has worked as a journalist, TV producer, advertising copywriter, housebuilder, and bartender, and holds a black belt in Shorin Ryu Okinawan karate. A native of Vermont, he now lives in Florida.
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- PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0688130496
- ISBN 13 9780688130497
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages396
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