Tiger Paw

Is evil simply the absence of goodness...like darkness is the absence of light? Or is it a spiritual dimension...a dimension of the human mind with subtleties we have yet to fully understand? ? These are the questions FBI Special Agent Scott Forrester must answer in Charles A Cornell's mystery thriller, Tiger Paw, as he investigates a series of bizarre murders at the center of a Wall Street stock scam. The killer's most recent victim - billionaire Wall Street mogul Matthew Carleton - was drowned in a bath tub of red wine. The FBI believes the murders are the work of a professional hit man. But the killer leaves behind an indecipherable message that defies explanation. ? Scott Forrester teams up with criminal psychologist, Dr. Rajeev Chandra. The killer's?message is a cryptic warning pointing to an East Indian cult whose religious icon - an altarpiece lost for centuries and now on display in the US - is haunted by a disturbing past. ? As the billionaire financier's Wall Street empire is dismantled one body at a time, they encounter sinister forces deep inside the corridors of power in Washington that are determined to silence anyone who uncovers their connection with the cult. ? The conspiracy is spreading like a cancer ? and is on a mission to change the very fabric of society. ? Dogged by his own demons - his troubled brother, a disabled Afghan war veteran; an adversarial boss hell bent to destroy his career; and a failed love life - Scott Forrester follows the trail of the elusive killer as he wreaks havoc from Wyoming to the Bahamas. ? Forrester falls into the cult's carefully laid trap. Exposed to the assassin's crosshairs and forced to take his fight underground, Scott Forrester must confront the cult's menace in all its physical and spiritual forms. And the ultimate price to end this nightmare? Cross the no man's land that divides good from evil... to bargain his soul with the Devil himself. ? Tiger Paw is a thriller cloaked in mystery, psychological suspense