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1 Shatner, William Tek Kill Putnam Pub Group 1996 0-399-14202-9 / 9780399142024 Hardcover  Star Trek's Captain Kirk is back, with another fast-paced adventure for thefuture's greatest private detective, Jake Cardigan. Best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, William Shatner hascreated a whole new career for himself as a suspense novelist--and his bestselling Tek series has been hailed by The Wall Street Journal for novels "as tough and scrappy as Captain Kirk." Walt Bascom is head of the Cosmos Detective Agency, and therefore is Jake Cardigan's boss. As Tek Kill opens, Walt is having a bad morning: five police officers broke into his house, threw him out of bed, and arrested him for murder. The video security system atthe home of wealthy entrepreneur Dwight Grossman clearly shows Bascom shooting Grossman in the back. And telephone records show that Grossman had been making threatening phone calls to a former girlfriend a woman now involved with Bascom. Despite what looks like an open-and-shut case against Bascom, Jake and his partner Sid Gomez must find a way to clear the boss's good name and find the real killer. They have allies: Jake's son, Dan, is friendly with Grossman's sister, Susan. And Susan Grossman has been having flashesof telepathy, including visions of her brother's murder that does not feature Walt Bascom. She's frightened, but she's prepared to testify in court about what she believes. Unfortunately, Susan Grossman is a user of the deadly drug Tek. The choice facing the police is obvious: they can believe whatthey see with their own eyes on videotape, or they can believe a known drug user who claims to have telepathic visions. Jake and Sid can see that the  Price: 8.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart