Mantis
Philadelphia police detective Lieutenant William Fogarty and pathologist Joey Tanaka, a master of the martial arts, are tracking the Mantis, a serial murderer with almost superhuman strength and an uncanny ability to baffle police
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In recent weeks, three young women have been brutally assaulted and murdered in the city of Philadelphia.Even Lt. William Fogarty, a time-toughened cop, hardened by personal tragedy, is shocked by the macabre severity of the crimes...worse, he doesn't have a suspect.When Fogarty meets Diane Genero, the mother of the latest victim, the case becomes more personal. This decent, caring woman deserves to see her daughter's killer brought to justice.The only lead comes from forensics pathologist Josef Tanaka. Half Japanese and half American, Tanaka is also a skilled martial artist. He claims to recognize the method of "the kill": a karate strike known as "nukite," or "the spear hand."They make an unlikely combination, Fogarty and Tanaka, neither completely trusting the other as they conduct their hunt through the city streets and into the dangerous world of the "killing arts."Pursuing a creature, the Mantis, who uses the flesh of the "untrained" in the attainment of his goal. Perfection. Without conscience or remorse.The stakes mount, as Fogarty's sanity and Tanaka's lover, plastic surgeon Rachel Saunders, are held in the balance.Until, finally, it is Josef Tanaka himself that the Mantis demands.For they are very much alike, Tanaka and the Mantis - seeking each other's weaknesses like two fighters in a competition ring, circling ever closer, waiting for the opening, the slight flaw that will permit "the killing blow."
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