| Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness Contributor(s): Bernhardt, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345487591 ISBN-13: 9780345487599 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Eliot Ness, famous for taking down America's most notorious mobster Al Capone, is recruited by the mayor of Cleveland to clean up the city's widespread crime and corruption. "Nemesis" chronicles Ness's final case as he tracks America's first known serial killer. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Thrillers - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 4.32" W x 6.82" (0.44 lbs) 416 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In Chicago, Eliot Ness created "the Untouchables," the fabled team of federal agents who finally put Al Capone behind bars. Now, in the fall of 1935, Ness has been moved to Cleveland to become the city's director of public safety. But as Ness starts his new job, a grisly serial killer starts a career of his own. One by one, bodies are found, each one decapitated and dissected with a doctor's skill and a madman's bent. The police are baffled and the population is terrorized over the so-called "Torso Killer." Though it's not his turf, Ness is forced to take over the case, but the more energy he pours into the investigation, the more it takes over his life and even his untouchable reputation. Because in Cleveland, there is only one true untouchable: a killer who has the perfect hiding place and the perfect plan for destroying Eliot Ness. |