Third Strike - (Brady Coyne/J.W. Jackson Mystery) by Philip R Craig & William G Tapply (Paperback)

The Third Strike is a gripping and suspenseful crime fiction novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.

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.

Don't miss out on this thrilling read!