Cat Trap by Gilbert Ralston
The third book in the hard-charging Dakota series.
Two healthy, seemingly unrelated men die of heart attacks in Lake Tahoe. There’s little doubt that their deaths were unnatural. Dakota is separately hired by a casino, and an old friend he served with in Vietnam, to find out what happened to the two men. He soon discovers they were killed with a rare poison by Guy Marten, a ruthless assassin who supposedly burned to death in a house fire years ago. Marten worshipped Bastet, the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, and modeled his life, and his murders, on her example. Now, it seems Marten is back from the dead with a kill list…and Dakota, and everyone he loves, is on it. Dakota’s hunt takes him from coast-to-coast, through a raging snowstorm, and climaxes in a bloody, intense battle in the Sierras, where he is out-numbered, out-gunned, and out-of-luck.
Books by Gilbert Ralston
Cat Trap
The third book in the hard-charging Dakota series. Dakota is pitted against a deadly assassin who worships, lives and kills based on the teachings of an ancient Egyptian cat goddess.
Murder’s Money
In the fourth adventure, Dakota is hired by a reclusive, crippled millionaire to prove he didn't gun down his brother...who he'd been threatening to kill for years.
Dakota
The first novel in the acclaimed Dakota series. Dakota is a half Piegan, half Shoshoni Native American who served as a Marine in Vietnam and afterwards became a cop in New York City. Now he's moved back to the Sierras to work his family’s ranch, ride the rodeo circuit, and take on cases as a private detective.
Red Revenge
The second adventure in the action-packed Dakota series. The Board of Directors of Grayson Electric have been kidnapped in Lake Tahoe. Dakota is hired to deliver the ransom...and mount a suicidal rescue.
Reviews For Cat Trap
The intriguing part of this series is that each novel is married to its predecessor with the same supporting cast. It's like a brutal version of Cheers - where everybody knows your name and who shot you.
