Jack Stryker – serie

Winner of the CWA Golden Dagger for Best Crime NovelIntroducing Detective Lieutenant Jack Stryker. An obsessive, an oddball and – occasionally – a genius. Originally published in 1985, Monkey Puzzle is a vintage, suspenseful whodunit from Paula Gosling.Grantham University, Ohio. When a professor is viciously murdered, campus is set on edge. There are myriad potential suspects – one of whom happens to be connected to Stryker’s past.The murderous attacks continue. Now, in the blank-faced and mazed city, death has become vicious, secret and cold. Somewhere out there, an ego is coiled, waiting.The city and the campus panic. With his sidekick Toscarelli, Stryker is trapped in a maze of conflicting motives, emotions and clues. And at the center of the maze awaits a monster.''Scintillating entertainment'' – Sunday TimesWith witty dialogue and dark turns, Monkey Puzzle is the first entry in the Jack Stryker series. Continue the series with Backlash.

Four cops, from four precincts, all shot dead. Originally published in 1989, Backlash is the second compulsive whodunit in the Jack Stryker series. From Paula Gosling, winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.A wave of chaos is erupting through the American police force. With four officers dead, Detective Lieutenant Jack Stryker is called upon to investigate. Alongside his partner Agent Dana Marchant, he must track the killer. But are these homicides linked? Or is the perp choosing victims at random?When a federal investigator appears on the killer’s hit list, the simple answers seem to be disappearing way too fast. Their target is a marksman with an uncanny criminal mind and a ruthlessly persistent purpose – and time is running out . . .Backlash is the second entry in the Jack Stryker series. It is followed by Ricochet.