Third Strike: A Brady Coyne/J. W. Jackson Mystery - Hardcover

Craig, Philip R.; Tapply, William G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416532560 ISBN 13: 9781416532569

Publisher: Scribner, 2007

Synopsis

When a union striker is killed in an engine room explosion and accused of setting the bomb that ended his life, J. W. Jackson is entreated by the victim's widow to prove the man's innocence, in a disturbing case that exposes suspicious relationships among strikers, boat owners, and the midnight activities at a Martha's Vineyard loading dock. 17,500 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

The late Philip R. Craig was the author of nineteen novels in the Martha's Vineyard Mystery series. A professor emeritus of English at Wheelock College in Boston, he loved the Vineyard and lived there year-round with his wife, Shirley.

From Publishers Weekly:

Two fine mystery writers team up for the third and last time (after Second Sight and First Light), with their series heroes swapping chapters and stories seamlessly. Tapply's Boston lawyer, Brady Coyne, responds to an anguished call for help from an old client living on Martha's Vineyard, where the late Philip Craig's ex-cop, J.W. Jackson, is being urged by his wife to investigate the death of a striking ferry boat worker. The authors, real-life friends, could not have gotten along better than their fictional heroes, who share a love of fishing, eating, family and adventure. The two friends pursue their cases separately and together as tensions caused by the ferry strike mount and a murder raises the stakes. This marks the highly enjoyable and poignant end to a short, sweet series.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1416532560
• ISBN 13: 9781416532569
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336