When a railroad engineer is shot dead, and it is determined that the bullet came from a sniper's rifle fired from more than six hundred yards away, all eyes turn on Deputy Pennington as a suspect. Pennington - the man who solved the Wheat Field murders - is by far the best marksman in Kickapoo Falls, and was an Army Ranger sniper in the war. When the engineer's young and sexy wife is shot dead days later, Pennington realizes that his worst nightmare is about to begin.The deputy sheriff enlists the aid of a friend in Army intelligence, but when Alex LaChapelle steps off the train, Pennington is surprised that the detective is from Scotland Yard, not the FBI or the CIA. It seems that he and LaChapelle have something in common - they are both chasing a ghost.During the war, Nazi SS colonel Christian Wolfgang Stangl - known as "the Wolf" - controlled the narrow mountain railroad pass in the Bavarian Alps through which millions of dollars in gold and war loot were transported. British commandos had been sent on a suicide mission to shut down the pass. Where they failed, Pennington the sniper succeeded - but the Wolf got away.Now it appears that the Wolf is at his door. Read Less