Fatal Induction: A Professor Bradshaw Mystery

Seattle The race to win an electrical competition incites Professor Bradshawxs obsession for invention in this sequel to A SPARK OF DEATH The winnerxs telephonic system will deliver music of the Seattle Grand Theater to homes throughout the city and Bradshaw is confident he can win But a missing peddler and child divert him while the assassination of President McKinley drops Bradshaw and the entire nation into shockWhen Bradshaw discovers the peddlerxs child may have witnessed a murder he follows her trail below Yesler Way plunging into a seedy underworld of bars and brothels Frustrated by the police departmentxs apathy and caught between power struggles he doesnxt know who to trust Each step of his investigation entangles him deeper in crime and corruption until he realizes that to save the peddlerxs child he must transform his contest entry into a trap to catch a killerThe Professor Bradshaw Mystery Series features Benjamin Bradshaw Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington Bradshawxs electrical forensic and investigative skills combined with a keen understanding of human nature bring the Seattle Police and murder frequently to his doorstep during the social and scientific turmoil of the early twentieth century.