Tallyman

When Sonny Coleman is gunned down while on a late-night run near the community college where he teaches, his mother Erin Coleman, the US Ambassador to NATO, wishes to avoid his death becoming an international media circus. To this end, she hires Bobby Cain and Harper McCoy to discretely investigate her only son's death. Shortly after their arrival in the rural Tennessee town, the body of a young woman is found and it appears she is the latest target of a killer known as the Tallyman, due to his tauntingly carving the victim number into the flesh of each corpse. But the killer, after tallying four murders, fell silent for several years. Why has he resurfaced now and why is the latest victim marked with a seven? Are there two missing bodies? Is his reappearance connected to the seemingly random murder of Sonny Coleman? The suspect list is tenuous at best and Cain and Harper must sort through past and present crimes, as well as Sonny's life, to uncover a ruthless and truly sociopathic killer.
"A fast-paced atmospheric thriller with endearing characters that stay with you long after you finish. A series that keeps getting better and better. Fans of Orphan X will love it."-David Putnam, Author of the Bestselling Bruno Johnson Series

Author: D. P. Lyle
Publisher: Suspense Publishing
Published: 08/16/2022
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780578295244

About the Author
Lyle, D. P.: - DP Lyle is the Amazon #1 Bestselling; Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Award-winning; and Edgar(2), Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, Scribe, and USA Today Best Book(2) Award-nominated author of 22 books both non-fiction and fiction, including the Samantha Cody thriller series; the Dub Walker thriller series; the Jake Longly thriller series; the Cain/Harper thriller series; and the Royal Pains media tie-in novels. His essay on Jules Verne's THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND appears in THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS, his short stories include: "Even Steven" in ITW's anthology THRILLER 3: LOVE IS MURDER, "Bottom Line" in FOR THE SAKE OF THE GAME, and "Tonic" in NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT. He served as editor for and contributed the short story "Splash" to SCWA's anthology IT'S ALL IN THE STORY.He hosts the Crime Fiction Writer's Blog and the Criminal Mischief: The Art and Science of Crime Fiction podcast series. He has worked with many novelists and with the writers of popular television shows such as Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Judging Amy, Peacemakers, Cold Case, House, Medium, Women's Murder Club, 1-800-Missing, The Glades, and Pretty Little Liars.Learn more at www.dplylemd.com or follow him on twitter.com/DPLyleMD and www.facebook.com/dplylemd.