Killer's Choice

Jack Dana, retired Marine infantry officer and novelist, matches wits with a criminal he calls "the Monster" after friends are killed and others are kidnapped -- Retired Marine infantry officer Jack Dana thought he could finally return to his peaceful career as a novelist. After falling hard for Heidi Krohn, the high-powered lawyer who helped avenge his best friend's death, Jack is beginning to dream of starting a family of his own. Then two of his uncle Harry's closest friends are brutally murdered in their own home. It becomes clear that these murders are a message, sent by a shadowy criminal Jack comes to call "the Monster." When Heidi and her nephew are kidnapped, Jack must take the only step honor will allow and face the Monster alone, whatever the consequences. -- adapted from jacket