Target of Fear: A Joshua Oates Adventure (The Joshua Oates Adventure Series)

n the year 1919 former police captain Joshua Oates, a veteran of World War I, starts a new life as a private investigator despite his excess drinking and horrible nightmares from the war. A new case leads to a sinister plot of kidnapping, murder and revenge. The sequel to the thriller "Vengeance Of The Ripper" pits Oates against a twisted business tycoon and a new enemy from his past. With help from famous escape artist Harry Houdini and Nobel Prize winning scientist Marie Curie, Oates must stop a nefarious plot to use chemical weapons against the new government in Russia and prevent the murder of an old friend.