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Third strike : a Brady Coyne/J.W. Jackson mystery / Philip R. Craig and William G. Tapply.

Summary:

It's late August, just when thousands of vacationers on beautiful Martha's Vineyard are preparing to go home so the kids can return to school. There's a problem, though. A union has gone on strike, paralyzing the Steamship Authority, which runs the ferries to "America," and creating panic and anger among many tourists and islanders alike. When an explosion destroys a boat's engine room and kills the striker who apparently planted the bomb, J. W. Jackson, once a Boston cop but now an island man-of-all-work, reluctantly agrees to the widow's pleas that he attempt to prove her husband innocent of the crime. As J.W. begins inquiries, he discovers a complex series of relationships among strikers, scabs, and boat owners, and encounters violence of his own. Meanwhile, Boston attorney Brady Coyne gets a call from a former client now living full-time on the Vineyard, who tells him about a group of armed men loading and unloading mysterious crates at a dock at midnight. Jackson and Coyne get together and discover that not only are their cases connected but that time is running out for them to prevent a crime that could have international ramifications and their only hope will be to confront dedicated killers face-to-face....With its winning contrast of page-turning suspense and evocative Vineyard ambiance, Third Strike is crime fiction at its best.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781416532569
  • ISBN: 1416532560
  • Physical Description: 323 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner edition
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, [2007]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Tapply, William G
Subject:
Coyne, Brady (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Jackson, Jeff (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard > Fiction.
Coyne, Brady (Fictitious character)
Jackson, Jeff (Fictitious character)
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Detective and mystery fiction.

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  • 16 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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