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Pittsburgh Marathon, 18,000 people from all over the world will
participate. Over 9,500 will run the half marathon, 4,000 will run in
relays while others plan to run brief stretches. 4,500 people will
attempt to cover the full 26.2 miles. Over 200 of the participants will
quit, realizing it just wasn't their day. More than 100 will get injured
and require medical treatment and one man is going to be murdered.When Dr. Cyprus Keller lines up to start the race, he knows who is going to die for one simple reason. He's going to kill them.As
a professor of Criminology at Three Rivers University, and a former
police officer, Dr. Cyprus Keller is an expert in criminal behavior and
victimology. However, when one of his female students is murdered and
his graduate assistant attempts to kill him, Keller finds himself
frantically swinging back and forth between being a suspect and a
victim. When the police assign a motive to the crimes that Keller knows
cannot be true, he begins to ask questions that somebody out there does
not want answered.In the course of 26.2 miles, Keller recounts
how he found himself encircled by a series of killings that have shocked
the city, while literally pursuing his prey - the man who was behind it
all.
Pittsburgh Marathon, 18,000 people from all over the world will
participate. Over 9,500 will run the half marathon, 4,000 will run in
relays while others plan to run brief stretches. 4,500 people will
attempt to cover the full 26.2 miles. Over 200 of the participants will
quit, realizing it just wasn't their day. More than 100 will get injured
and require medical treatment and one man is going to be murdered.When Dr. Cyprus Keller lines up to start the race, he knows who is going to die for one simple reason. He's going to kill them.As
a professor of Criminology at Three Rivers University, and a former
police officer, Dr. Cyprus Keller is an expert in criminal behavior and
victimology. However, when one of his female students is murdered and
his graduate assistant attempts to kill him, Keller finds himself
frantically swinging back and forth between being a suspect and a
victim. When the police assign a motive to the crimes that Keller knows
cannot be true, he begins to ask questions that somebody out there does
not want answered.In the course of 26.2 miles, Keller recounts
how he found himself encircled by a series of killings that have shocked
the city, while literally pursuing his prey - the man who was behind it
all.