Tragic Wand

Stanley Stilwell, a career criminal, wanders into one of Pittsburgh’s finest plastic surgeon’s offices and pays cash for a completely new face. The surgery goes well but while he is recovering he is brutally murdered in front of surgeon Jack Merlin and his girlfriend Assistant D. A. Tory Welch.

Merlin suspects the plastic surgeon is involved in a lucrative scheme to protect criminals by altering their appearance. But in short order other doctors are murdered and the plastic surgeon’s life is thrown into jeopardy. The game of medical hide-and-seek becomes increasingly dangerous as Merlin and Tory edge towards the truth .

In Tragic Wand, author James Tucker describes in vivid detail how a killer is tracked and how a series of brutal murders are committed with nothing more than a wickedly sharp ice pick.