Hell of a Town

The Green Berets: Will Kane #4

By: Bob Mayer

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

NEW YORK CITY, DECEMBER 1978. SOME HUNTERS NEVER COME BACK FROM THE DARKNESS.

Former Green Beret Will Kane finds a mutilated corpse in the East River during his morning run. The dead man is a Ranger, a brother in arms, torn apart and caked in filth. When the cops dismiss him as just another jumper from Hell Gate Bridge, Kane knows better. The wounds tell a different story—one that leads underground.

Beneath the streets of the Bronx, a nightmare is unfolding. A young woman named Julia is trapped in an endless maze of forgotten tunnels, hunted by a man in red who calls himself Virgil. He drives her deeper into the labyrinth with an electric cattle prod and cryptic promises. "Three times and I'll kill you." This is his game. She's the rabbit. And there's no way out.

As Kane investigates the Ranger's death, he uncovers a pattern. Missing people. Unexplained bodies in the water. All connected to the vast network of tunnels, sewers, and abandoned infrastructure running beneath New York City—a subterranean world most people don't know exists. Someone is using it as a hunting ground.

From Hart Island's potter's field where the city buries its forgotten dead, to the claustrophobic tunnels where victims fight for survival, Kane pursues a killer who knows every passage, every turn, every escape route. And time is running out.

Haunted by memories of Vietnam's jungle warfare and cross-border ops into Cambodia, Kane must use every lesson from his Special Forces training to survive. Because in a city of eight million people, it's remarkably easy to disappear. And underground, in Virgil's domain, nobody can hear you scream.

HELL OF A TOWN is the explosive fourth thriller in Bob Mayer's Will Kane series, diving into the darkest corners of 1970s New York City. Perfect for fans of gritty urban thrillers, serial killer fiction, and action-packed mysteries where the city itself becomes a character—and a killer's playground.

"It's a hell of a town. There's smoke coming up through the holes in the ground." —Joe Jackson

"The best anti-hero since Jack Reacher." Amazon Review
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