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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Dead Man's Tunnel by Sheldon Russell

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DEAD MAN'S TUNNEL
By: Sheldon Russell

Hook Runyon #3
Minotaur Books
June 2012
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Featuring: Hook Runyon
304 pages
ISBN: 1250001005
EAN: 9781250001009
Kindle: B00779MM26
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Mystery Police Procedural | Mystery Historical

Near the end of WWII, Hook Runyon, railroad bull, and his dog, Mixer, are sent to the West Salvage Yard in the high desert of Arizona. Not far away is the Johnson Canyon Tunnel. Though remote and ordinary as tunnels go, it is the gateway to the steepest railroad grade in North America and a potential bottleneck for the delivery of war supplies. So vital is this tunnel to the war effort that a 24-hour military guard has been assigned for the duration.

Hook's orders are to catch copper thieves and to stay out of sight and out of trouble. But things go awry when Hook receives a call that one of the guards has been killed mid-tunnel by an oncoming train. Lieutenant Allison Capron from the Army Transportation Department is called in to help with the investigation. At first, suicide by train is suspected, but the evidence soon suggests homicide resulting from a love triangle.

Unable to fit his own findings into either of these theories, Hook suspects something more sinister.

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