{ "item_title" : "The Stocking Strangler", "item_author" : [" Col Braithwaite "], "item_description" : "THE STOCKING STRANGLEREvery four years, three women are murdered. Three dates. One deadly pattern. And a killer who has escaped justice for more than two decades.February 29. March 3. March 6.For twenty-four years, a ruthless serial killer has terrorised Sydney's southern suburbs, strangling young women with a pair of stockings before disappearing without a trace.Every leap-year cycle, the killer returns.And now the nightmare is beginning again.Detective Senior Sergeant Jonathon 'Tank' Dodge and his homicide team face a chilling race against time. With the murderer following a seemingly unbreakable pattern, the detectives know when the next victim is likely to die.What they don't know is who she will be-or where the killer will strike.For Chief Superintendent Bill Clements, the investigation is particularly personal. He has spent much of his career pursuing the elusive strangler, watching helplessly as the years pass and more innocent women lose their lives.But the Stocking Strangler is only one of the horrors confronting Southern Police Station.An entire family has been brutally executed in their own home. A husband, wife and their three teenage children are discovered shot to death, apparently the victims of a professional assassination.As Tank investigates, the trail leads towards wealthy businesspeople, questionable investments, international connections and a dangerous world where enormous fortunes can provide powerful motives for murder.Meanwhile, unfinished business from the notorious Lucifer's Apostles investigation threatens to resurface, bringing fresh suspicions, dangerous loyalties and betrayal disturbingly close to Tank's own team.With multiple killers to identify, secrets to uncover and innocent lives hanging in the balance, Tank and his detectives are pushed to their limits.The past holds answers. But some people will do anything to ensure those answers remain buried.Can Tank finally unmask a murderer who has evaded the police for twenty-four years? Or will another three women become victims of the Stocking Strangler?The Stocking Strangler is the gripping third novel in A Tank Dodge Crime Series by Australian author Col Braithwaite.A dark, action-packed Australian police crime thriller featuring serial murders, cold cases, professional assassinations, organised crime, corruption and unexpected twists.Three dates. Three victims. One killer. And time is running out.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/839/067/9798390674529_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "16.80", "online_price" : "16.80", "our_price" : "16.80", "club_price" : "16.80", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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