The fourth novel in the thrilling Shamus Award winning, Agatha & Anthony Award nominated series.

The tenants of a Manhattan apartment in a heated dispute with their landlord believe he's using a bird-of-prey to hunt down their cats and drive them out of the building. Virginia PI Frank Pavlicek, an ex-NYPD cop and an avid falconer himself, investigates the bizarre case as a favor for his friend, another ex-cop-turned-PI. But he soon discovers that there's more at stake than cats and condos, pitting him against a sadistic street gang and a killer prowling Central Park with a great...

THE THIRD BOOK IN THE STUNNING FRANK PAVLICEK SERIES

An expert falconer is shot in the back in the wilds of West Virginia. The police believe he was the victim of a hunting accident but PI Frank Pavlicek, a falconer himself, isn't buying the story. Beatings, bombings, warnings from the FBI, and the arrest of his best friend on trumped-up charges only strengthen Pavlicek's resolve to follow a bloody trail of lies and corpses that leads to a chilling, terrorist conspiracy.