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In this tense thriller, a political assassin prepares a deadly strike on Philadelphia, leaving the police with only a single, impeccably typed bomb threat as evidence. As the city’s police force struggles to respond, they grow uncertain whether their own ranks can be trusted. Within a tight time frame, the corruption of a single cop and the escalating madness of the assassin loom to potentially bring the entire city to ruin.
First publish date: January 1993
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: William E. Butterworth III
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