Desert Kill: A Novel

by Philip Gerard

A series of torture-murders terrifies an Arizona town as Paul Pope, the chief of police, intensifies his desperate hunt for the killer, and a beautiful student of his college professor nephew suddenly disappears

Genres: Mystery

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Philip Gerard is the author of 13 books, including The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina. Gerard was the author of Our State's Civil War series. He currently teaches in the department of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had a hunch it was someone they knew, interesting read, glad the outcome was good for one of the characters.

[Kevin Mays · Rating 3 out of 5]

So it was a fun ride but the ending was lazy.