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The kill clause

Seeking justice after his daughter's murderer is released on a technicality, U.S. deputy marshal Tim Rackley encounters a group of streetwise vigilantes who have had similar experiences and who tempt Rackley to compromise his personal ethics.

Main Author: Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : William Morrow, c2003.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Murder victims' families > Fiction.
Daughters > Death > Fiction.
Vigilantes > Fiction.
Revenge > Fiction.
Rackley, Tim (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Suspense fiction > California.
Summary: Seeking justice after his daughter's murderer is released on a technicality, U.S. deputy marshal Tim Rackley encounters a group of streetwise vigilantes who have had similar experiences and who tempt Rackley to compromise his personal ethics.
Physical Description: 388 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0060530391 : PAP
Author Notes: Gregg Hurwitz grew up in the Bay Area. While completing a BA from Harvard ('95) and a master's from Trinity College, Oxford in Shakespearean tragedy ('96), he wrote his first novel. He was the undergraduate scholar-athlete of the year at Harvard for his pole-vaulting expertise.

Hurwitz is the critically acclaimed, international bestselling author of The Tower, Minutes to Burn, Do No Harm, The Kill Clause, The Program, Troubleshooter, Last Shot, The Crime Writer, Trust No One, They're Watching, You're Next, and Tell No Lies. His books have been nominated for numerous awards, shortlisted for best novel of the year by International Thriller Writers, and nominated for CWA's Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. In addition to novels, he also writes comics for DC. He penned PENGUIN: Pain and Prejudice, and was recently tapped to write BATMAN: The Dark Knight.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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