Nemesis : the final case of Eliot Ness : a novel
/ William Bernhardt
- Ballantine Books mass market edition
- 401 pages
- Eliot Ness mysteries, book 1 .
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.