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Hangman

Special X #8 / 14
by Michael Slade
Hangman (Special X #8) by Michael Slade
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The game begins in Seattle, where a hanged woman is found with one leg missing. Then in Vancouver, a corpse is found with both legs missing. The clue that binds these horrific crimes together is a game of "Hangman" crudely drawn at each location – painted in the victim's blood.

The vitims, it seems, were jurors on a controversial case years ago, in which a man was sentenced to death – by hanging. Two cops on both sides of the border – Canadian detective Zinc Chandler and American detective Maddy Thorne – are up against a killer whose every move means death. To stop him, they must solve the riddle of the hangman – before the madman makes his final, murderous move... and wins the game.

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Release date: 2000

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Michael Slade

Michael Slade (born 1947) is the pen name of Canadian novelist Jay Clarke, a lawyer who has participated in more than 100 criminal cases and who specializes in criminal insanity.

Michael Slade writes novels on three concentric levels. At the center of each story is a whodunit or howdunit. Around that is psychological horror, through which Slade ventures into the supernatural without leaving the real world. Police procedure is the outer level.

Michael Slade's novel Ghoul is on the Horror Writers Association's recommended reading list.

Special X

Special X consists of fourteen books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Headhunter (Special X #1)
Unrated
Ghoul (Special X #2)
Unrated
Cutthroat (Special X #3)
Unrated
Ripper (Special X #4)
Unrated
Zombie (Special X #5)
Unrated
Shrink (Special X #6)
Unrated
Burnt Bones (Special X #7)
Unrated
Hangman (Special X #8)
Unrated
Death's Door (Special X #9)
Unrated
Bed of Nails (Special X #10)
Unrated
Swastika (Special X #11)
Unrated
Kamikaze (Special X #12)
Unrated
Crucified (Special X #13)
Unrated
Red Snow (Special X #14)
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