The Meurtrier
by
Book Details
About the Book
Private Detective Delmar Giddeon is inadvertently brought into a case involving a lone youth whose death was attributed to the infamous Wayne Williams of the Atlanta child murders. When he finds another private detective has been killed for his efforts, Giddeon follows his predecessor’s footsteps directly to the killer’s door. What he discovers is a mysterious Frenchman from Montreal who has murdered at will for over forty years When the FBI gets involved, a pitched battle during the middle of a black night produces results. Government agents are able to capture the illusive Frenchman with Giddeon’s help. The incarceration is short-lived though. The killer escapes after a few short months of custody and goes after the people responsible for his brief downfall. Forced by the government to take a back seat in the investigation, Giddeon and his associates withdraw. But, the killer has other plans for their retirement – and it is deadly.
About the Author
Conrad Bailey is sixty-seven years of age and married forty-six years with three children and four grandchildren. He was discharged honorably from the Air Force in 1955. With Korean War veteran rights, he tried several OJT projects that failed. Hired by Owens-Illinois Glass Co. in 1957, he spent thirty-five years on the payroll. During that period, courtesy of the company, he went to school at Atlanta Tech, (’73-’76). He retired as a journeyman in 1992, and began writing in 1993 as a hobby. He took a self-study course in grammar in 1994, and began taking writing seriously in 1995. He is still writing at his northwest Georgia home where he resides with his wife.