The Tenth Man

by E. William Podojil

Jack Barillo is losing friends - the hard way. A cunning killer named Lucifer is savaging the beautiful young men from Jack's past, eliminating them with a surgeon's touch, one by one. And each victim brings him one step closer to Jack.
The Tenth Man is a mystery full of twists, secrets and lies - a sexy, scary thriller that plays out across oceans, continents, and lifetimes. Haunted by a string of grisly murders to which he's somehow linked, Jack escapes to Europe with little to his name save the will to survive. With the help of a resourceful gay couple, a determined Chicago homicide detective and her well-connected husband, and a mysterious FBI agent, Jack builds a new life, finding success, wealth, and love - everything but peace.
Then, just as Jack starts to convince himself that he's imagined the decade-long nightmare, Lucifer strikes again. The Tenth Man is the dark tale of one man's need for revenge - and another's need to survive.

410 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

E. William Podojil is an international business executive and novelist. He has traveled extensively and visited over sixty countries while living in Europe and the United States. Podojil works as an executive business advisor, and strategist while also pursuing his love of storytelling and writing. Podojil's first novel, The Tenth Man, was published in 2004. His second novel, The Poseidon Project, was released in August, 2024 by The Wild Rose Press, and is the first in The Herb Society Mysteries, a series of adventure thrillers. His novels and other writing are showcased on his website www.ewpodojil.com. Here he also writes a personal blog with humorous stories of his life and travels with his husband and three sons. He and his family currently reside in Northeast Ohio.