The Beachcomber

by Patti Beckman

In a sparsely populated area north of Los Angeles, the police are summoned to a medical emergency. They arrive to find a man sprawled on the sidewalk with no indications of injury, or of life. What happens next sets off a deadly chain of events that takes the FBI on a desperate cross-country investigation. In Capitol Punishment, Special Agents "Frankie" Aguirre and Art Jefferson are in pursuit of a white supremacist - John Barrish - who has in his arsenal a nerve agent so lethal that the smallest amounts can cause mass death. Barrish has struck before - in the St. Anthony's shooting, when four black children were killed in cold blood on their way to church. Now he is bolder, and his plan for destruction goes far beyond simple homicide. Barrish plans to strike a blow to the heart of the American government in Washington, D.C.

192 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1980

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Who did the mysterious beachcomber think she was?

Mariette met him on a deserted beach and was unable to forget the passion he had roused in her. But at least her role as "Julie Long" in a local theater production helped to keep her mind off him--until opening night.

Suddenly, her beachcomber was revealed as millionaire Hartley McPhail--the author of the play -- and he intended to play opposite her that very night! Their love scenes sizzled, but was it because he loved Mariette or because he still remembered the real Julie Long--the girl who could have been Mariette's double