Cross Over Nine

<p>John Witherby came home for one thing: his miserly granduncle's fortune. Instead he finds a corpse a riddle scratched on a tape measure-Start from Powhassett... Cross over nine-and a town that wants him dead. Hunted by the merciless Doctor and his gang Witherby must follow a trail of half-buried secrets broken loyalties and a mysterious map of symbols that points to two million dollars... and to murder.</p><p>Into this savage game steps Cherry Larue the dark-eyed singer who could be trinket or talisman ally or betrayer. Between the Doctor's cold calculation and a rural community hungry for revenge Witherby's iron strength and raw honor are all that stand between survival and oblivion. From moonlit raids and backwoods chases to a final explosive reckoning<em> Cross Over Nine</em> is a lean pulpy thriller of greed grit and grim justice.</p><p>Perfect for readers of classic pulp fiction and hard-bitten mysteries Max Brand's <em>Cross Over Nine</em> delivers full-throttle suspense murder and a treasure hunt that won't let you go until the last secret is unearthed.</p>