Red Ink, Black Blood

Percival Gaspar is at it again. Catching Zane in bed in the early morning hours, he introduces the reluctant detective to his new case. Once again, Zane is in pursuit of a killer without knowing it. Asked simply to return some documents to their rightful owner he quickly discovered he has stepped into a bucket of fresh cow manure. The owner of the documents, Dirty Jack DeSoto, is a small time crook and blackmailer who is trying to blackmail a local politician. Unknown to Dirty Jack, Gaspar or Yancy a sinister killer, the most brutal, sadistic killer ever confronted by Yancy, is about to be loosed on the accountant, the lady of the evening and anyone associated with the blackmail attempt. Mason Hartley is as cold-blooded as they come. His preferred method of killing is by autopsy ??? while the victim is still alive. Everything is cool until Yancy discovers one of Hartley;s targets is Megan and the question becomes, can the aging detective stop the younger killer before its too late? The book is written for mature readers. It contains vivid accounts of murder, some prostitution, blackmail and extreme explicit violence..