Gideon - The Final Chapter: The Case of the Ace of Spades Volume 2 (Gideon Detective Series, Band 5) - Softcover

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There was only one case out of hundreds of cold cases that Vincent James Gideon never wholly solved, Rosenthall. (Read about in Book 1 of the Gideon Detective Series.) Watching her take a sip, it took the assassin every urge not to swat the glass away, but he knew it was the only way to save his life. He stared at the beautiful woman and wondered how long it would take to go into effect. He questioned how much time it would be before she became dizzy and forgot where she was.Everything seemed to switch into slow motion. For a moment, the killer doubted himself and wondered if, in fact, he poisoned the wrong glass? Guilt began to creep into his gut. It took all his strength to withhold the tears that started to glisten in his eyes. Why?She began to cough and cough. The wine glass fell to the side, and her body collapsed to the floor. The assassin wasted no time. With an ivory handled dagger, he stuck the Ace of Spades across the point of the blade and pierced her in the chest. From the many trunks in the hallway packed for a long journey, he placed her body inside the largest one available.Then, he called on a deaf-mute to carry the trunk to an unknown destination. But, the blundering detectives assigned to the case get all the facts twisted, and the wrong man has been accused, one known as Billy Bob Tanner, Gideon’s son.Vincent James Gideon, the famed detective who went into retirement eight years earlier tried to avoid the case when the Black Rock Cove Police Department requested his services. He recommended his sidekick of many years, Bridget Flynn to take it over. One thing after another happened to where he was forced out of retirement. Then, he was blamed for the murder of not just the woman, but a reputable pharmacist downtown on Pacific Avenue. GENEALOGY is the study of the history of families, especially through studying historical documents to discover the relationships between particular people and theier families. James over the last three decades has become a professional genealogist which he uses this skill and pulls out all the stops to demonstrate the famed Great Vincent Gideon solving the Case of the Ace of Spades.This is Volume 2 in Book 6 of the final chapter in this long-running detective series. For more details and to follow Sidney St. James’ blog, visit the author’s page at www.sidneystjames.com or follow the author on Instagram at Sidneyst.james.

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