Nemesis
Subtitle: the final case of Eliot Ness, a novel
By: William Bernhardt.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780345487582
Subjects: Ness, Eliot -- Fiction; Serial murders -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Fiction; Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In the 1930s Eliot Ness, the famous treasury agent who helped convict Al Capone, accepts a high-ranking public safety position in Cleveland, where the discovery of a dismembered torso soon plunges the city into a state of terror. As the body count rises, Ness pours more energy and manpower into his investigation, desperately trying to live up to his larger-than-life reputation.