The Dead Ringer of Taterville

When Amos Grant's old nemesis Lester Dowd the face-changing Fireman emerges from the tropical Florida heat and stabs Holly Amos's grief over his wife's death becomes unbearable.<p>Devastated he tries to drown his sorrow with his old friends Jim Beam and Jack Daniels. Holly comes back from the grave to straighten him out. He doesn't know if her visits are real or not. His best friend Buford Billings advises him to seek psychiatric help.<p>In the meantime life goes on in Taterville with mounting troubles from banker Clayton Armstrong and his new hand-picked sheriff. On top of everything Amos's old newspaper competitor Travis Lane Robertson shows up as a new business associate of Armstrong. Then when Amos finally regains his mental balance the Fireman returns for another deadly showdown. Perhaps the last. Unfortunately Amos doesn't know the Fireman's new secret identity. And time is running out!<p>Like the two previous Amos Grant mysteries <i>Dead Ringer</i> moves with a rapid pace that will keep you turning pages and out of breath until the very last sentence.