A sinister & ingenious psychopath is murdering journalists of a leading local newspaper. On top of his daring murders, the serial murderer sends mocking rhymes to the police & press. Bereaved & desperate over the murder of his son who worked for one of the local papers, industrialist Remson Barnes hires detective Jimmy Conte to help him find the killer. Conte is used to working typically on divorce cases & small investigations, but Barnes gets Conte to help him with an offer of a high fee. Conte enlists the aid of his ...
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A sinister & ingenious psychopath is murdering journalists of a leading local newspaper. On top of his daring murders, the serial murderer sends mocking rhymes to the police & press. Bereaved & desperate over the murder of his son who worked for one of the local papers, industrialist Remson Barnes hires detective Jimmy Conte to help him find the killer. Conte is used to working typically on divorce cases & small investigations, but Barnes gets Conte to help him with an offer of a high fee. Conte enlists the aid of his friend Tommy Harrington, a Bridgeport policeman. As Conte & Harrington follow leads in various neighborhoods of the city, they unknowingly become targets of the psychopath. THE FOURTH ESTATE MURDERS makes for exciting reading. Jimmy Conte's romances, his long lasting friendships with Tommy Harrington & a setting of a decaying, once prosperous industrial city add to the intrigue of the story. Even the most intuitive reader will be shocked by the conclusion.
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