Synopsis: |
The new Inspector Sam Blackstone mystery...August, 1900. William Holt, a reclusive millionaire businessman with a fearsome reputation, has been kidnapped from 'Ocean Heights', his grand Coney Island home, after the brutal murder of his two bodyguards. Soon, a ransom of half a million dollars is demanded and the victim's two sons are given just three days to find the money. Inspector Sam Blackstone, now seconded to the New York Police Department, and his partner, Alex Meade, are charged with solving the case, and are quickly plunged into a world of greed, lust and corruption. They are going to need their wits about them, if they are to solve the case in time... |