Michael Thomas is a scientist with the CDC in Atlanta. He is also a dedicated marathon runner and a serial killer. Michael tells us in great detail about killing twenty-six people over twenty-six years as part of his marathon running experiences in twenty-six US states. He also describes many marathon locations and events where he participated in races but did not murder anyone. Each murder is unique, and a wide variety of murder techniques are utilized to confuse the police and the FBI. A romantic relationship develops between the killer and Susan Harvey, the FBI agent assigned to solve the marathon murders case. Their ongoing affair adds complexity to the story and to the murder methodology. Michael slowly reveals himself to Agent Harvey as she gets closer to having the evidence she needs to arrest him. The story ends with a series of events that are both exciting and unexpected.

When Greg and Jill McKenzie take on the search for missing records from the defunct Marathon Motor Works in Nashville, they are told it could involve a 90-year-old murder, but the bodies they soon encounter are barely cold.

Michael Thomas is a scientist with the CDC in Atlanta. He is also a dedicated marathon runner and a serial killer. Michael tells us in great detail about killing twenty-six people over twenty-six years as part of his marathon running experiences in twenty-six US states. He also describes many marathon locations and events where he participated in races but did not murder anyone. Each murder is unique, and a wide variety of murder techniques are utilized to confuse the police and the FBI. A romantic relationship develops between the killer and Susan Harvey, the FBI agent assigned to solve the marathon murders case. Their ongoing affair adds complexity to the story and to the murder methodology. Michael slowly reveals himself to Agent Harvey as she gets closer to having the evidence she needs to arrest him. The story ends with a series of events that are both exciting and unexpected.

Florida's favorite crime fighters are back on the case. Ex-ballplayer Vic Landell and his anchor/lawyer girlfriend Marcia Glenn are off to Boston to help Vic's father find the killer of his former partner. What unfolds is far more than a simple murder. Along the way, Vic and the redhead run into crooks, thugs, smugglers, two men who are out to kill them, and a luscious blonde from Vic's past. Set against the background of the Boston Marathon, there is something for everybody - romance, intrigue, baseball, glamour, television, history and a six-foot redhead playing poker with the mob. And, as always seen through the eyes of our sarcastic, sardonic, sometimes jealous, never dull hero. A perfect summer read - guaranteed to make you laugh as you go snooping with Vic and the redhead. Marathon Murders - a Vic Landell Mystery.

Mardi Gras has come to Galveston Texas and with it the excitement of a new event, the first-ever Mardi Gras Marathon. Gina Malloy, a young journalist, is very involved in the planning of the event. When she enlists the help of her aunt, Sister Catherine Malloy, she is delighted to discover that Sister Catherine's friend, Martin Iberson, is the agent of one of the big stars of marathon events, Billy Champion. Gina is eager to meet Martin Iberson and his family and perhaps get a chance to meet and interview Billy Champion. All goes well until evil shows its face, and two of the marathon runners are killed. With the help of their friend, police lieutenant Richard Tierney, the nun and her niece embark on the task of finding out who murdered the runners, and as things progress, they find their lives in danger as well. But from whom? And why? Things become even more somber as they realize that the culprit could be someone they know. Eventually, Sister Catherine deduces that to solve the murders she must understand the character of the killer, and she finally comes up with the shocking solution to the Mardi Gras murders.

Ah, Wisconsin. . . land of beer, cows, and the Green Bay Packers. And also the home of Ed Gein, Jeffery Dahmer, and a host of other bloodthirsty maniacs. This book goes behind the bucolic Dairy State image to reveal shocking acts of mayhem in the dark corners of Wisconsin history, and asks the troubling question: Is it something in the cheese?

Thinkers and historians have long perceived violence and its control as integral to the very idea of 'Western Civilization'. Focusing on interpersonal violence and the huge role it played in human affairs in the post-medieval West, this timely collection brings together the latest interdisciplinary and historical research in the field.