Lords of the Dais

Detective Sergeant Lewis Malcolm, a Marine Corps veteran, never thought he would one day be at the center of a modern-day Jack the Ripper investigation. The residents of Morgan City are living in terror from the horrors of random butcheries left by a ruthless serial murderer nicknamed 'Jack' by the press. With the city council playing political games, making demands and interfering at every step, Lewis Malcolm is forced into standing against the tide of panic enveloping a city.

With the help of Police Chief James Matthews, rookie Detective Marsha Hennessey, and a prominent criminologist, Dr. Robert Edwards, Lewis must open old wounds from past investigations and delve into the mindset of an insane, cold-blooded predator.

The madman could strike again, anytime any day, and Lewis Malcolm has orders to stop him at all costs. But Jack is like a ghost that comes and goes in the night, leaving fear behind when he vanishes. No one is safe. Not even the police.

"Lords of the Dais" is a mystery thriller, a psychological page-turner that keeps readers guessing who the modern-day Jack the Ripper is and when the police will capture him.

Glenn Starkey is an award-winning author living with his family in Texas. He served in the Marine Corps; is a Vietnam veteran; worked in Texas law enforcement; was a security manager for a global oil corporation, and the interim security director of a major Gulf Coast port. For eleven years, Glenn volunteered as a reading mentor to elementary school children. And for nine years served on his community's city council.