The Karate Chop Murders

By Michael Catalano

A body washes up on a stretch of private California coastline so secluded the locals would rather hide a corpse than let outsiders set foot on their sand. The victim is a young blonde model. The killing blow: a single, expertly placed strike to the base of the neck - the kind of thing taught only at the highest levels of karate.

Detective First Class Chris Riordan has worked homicide long enough to know when a case is going to bite back. The dojos in her city won't talk. The locals won't talk. And the deeper she digs, the more she realizes someone with money, reach, and a very dangerous enforcer wants her to stop digging - permanently.

When a second woman dies the same way, Chris and her partner Jerry Harris race to identify the killer before the body count climbs higher. Standing between them and the truth: a smiling magnate, a corrupt city hall, and a man called Smacker whose hands have been declared lethal weapons.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GYPN4ZVW
• ISBN13: 9798259026292
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"