title: Murder on Capitol Hill
author: Joseph A. Sanches
description: The author, a one-time resident of Capitol Hill now resides in Fort Lauderdale and is retired.
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  On a business trip to Pittsburgh, detective Matthew Sikes and his Newcomer
  partner, George Francisco, stumble on what appears to be an unusual homicide.
  It isn’t long before the case leads them to a frightening world of abuse and
  violence that set in motion the series of horrifying murders born of an
  unremiting hate—murders that target only the innocent.
  
  With bodies piling up and time running out, Sikes and Francisco must race
  against the clock to stop the killing—and face a terrifying monster from
  beyond the stars!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Sikes hugged himself with  
  both arms, shivering from  
  more than the cold now.
  
  “We’ve got to head back to the hotel now. If I don’t get dry clothes, I’m
  gonna freeze. Damn.” He vented the edge of his frustration on a snowplowed
  ridge. “When we find Vegas, I’m gonna kick his ass. Doesn’t he have the
  faintest idea how much trouble he’s caused?”
  
  “I don’t think he had any choice.”
  
  Sikes turned, stilled by the odd tone in George’s voice, and saw hi