Books by Ben Benson

A double murderAnd the killer -- whoever he was -- showed signs of getting rattled. Wade Paris knew he had to get him fast, before he could strike again.So step by step, he closed in on the unknown killer -- putting on the pressure.Then the killer broke and went for Wade. And the trouble was -- Wade still didn't know who was the killer!

Assuming the role of an ex-con, Trooper Frank Montaigne met with gambler Dewey Maddox and Maddox's "client" on a darkened back road. The "client," whose face was concealed by a black stocking, had murder in mind -- the victim, a woman at the Summerton Hospital. That, however, was all Montaigne learned, for the unknown figure suddenly whipped out a gun and fired...Hours later, that same gun was used on Maddox -- this time with deadly results. Then, the body of a woman was found…and Wade Paris was left to determine the identity of a vicious killer whose motive was just one of the missing pieces to a baffling puzzle. Suspenseful, cunningly wrought, carefully documented, this is one of Benson's best.

Two attractive women…one personable man…a gun…a shot…and then black headlines asking red blood for…THE VENUS DEATH by BEN BENSONBen Benson's superb descriptions of the state police at work and at play have given all of his mystery novels a unique and buoyant quality of authenticity. The Venus Death is no exception -- but here Mr. Benson departs from previous practice to create a vigorous new hero, young state trooper Ralph Lindsey.This is Lindsey's story from start to finish. It begins when a glamorous blonde singles him out for personal attention. It continues through the frantic horror of murder…the desperate wish to clear his own name: the urgent, driving need to protect the people he loves. The Venus Death is Ben Benson at top form, which means a strikingly different story for solid reading entertainment.