Match Play
by Poppe, D. Michael
FBI Agent Lou Schein is assigned to investigate a grisly murder in Los Angeles, one echoing a similar case in Phoenix, Arizona. Schein, a golf enthusiast, notices a strange coincidence: both crimes occur while the LPGA tournament is being held in the respective cities.After the fourth murder, it's clear they are looking for a serial killer who is also insanely obsessed with the golf game of match play. He is scoring the individual murders as one hole of the match on the current tournament course.The killer leaves a series of taunts and clues which the FBI must decipher to learn where he will strike next. It is a game that becomes an obsession for both Schein and the killer, one determined to win the match and the other to stop him before he strikes again.