cooper (exit strategy)
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Charles Manson
American murderer and career criminal. Real person. in 1971, Manson was convicted of coercing members of his social group, dubbed "the family" into killing several people including actress Sharon Tate in the summer of 1969. Spent the rest of his life in j...
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Nadia Stafford
A professional hitman. In #1 she is 32 years old. Single. Does occasional work for Frank Tomassini and the Tomassini crime family in New York. Owns and operates Red Oak Lodge in cottage country north of Peterborough, which is northeast of Toronto Canada....
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Evelyn (exit Strategy)
A professional hitman. Lives in Fort Wayne Indiana. Very good at finding people. Jack knows her. Middle age - she now serves as a middleman to fill hits....
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Jack (exit Strategy)
A professional killer, friend and mentor of Nadia Stafford. Very mysterious. May have Irish roots. Middle aged - about 50....
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Vincent Bugliosi
He wrote the book Helter Skelter about the Charles Manson murders and the later trials. Real person....
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Mary Lee (exit Strategy)
An elderly Chinese woman who runs a smoke shop in Atlanta....
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The Helter Skelter Killer
As we open the novel, he / she has randomly killed 4 people around the US in less than 2 weeks. Leaves a page from the book, Helter Skelter, about Charles Manson. Is he related?...
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Dean Moretti
A Mafia wannabe in New York City connected to the Tomassini crime family. He is in trouble with the Riccio family....
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The Waldens
Nadias live-in caretakers at Red Oak Lodge. Owen and Emma. She does cooking and inside matters; Owen handles caretaking.more...
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Mitch Dylan
A regular visitor to Red Oak Inn for 5 years. He is a Toronto homicide detective. He often brings a bunch of police officers with him, including Lucy Schmidt and Pete Moore....
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Joyce Scranton
A woman trying to get some dry-cleaning done in Boston. Has a daughter in Pittsburgh named Bethany. Joyce and her husband are in the closing stages of a divorce....
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Leon Kozlov Alicia Sanchez Carson Morrow
The first 3 victims of the Helter Skelter murderer. Kozlov was #3; he was 53 and was shot in his apartment in Norfolk, Ohio. Sanchez was 21 and a college student. She was #1 - suffocated in her dorm in Texas. #2 was Morrow, 36. He was a stockbroker stabbe...
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Brad Stafford
Nadias older brother. The two are estranged.more...
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Mark Waters Brad Cox And Chris Doyle
Police officers Nadia meets in a cop bar in Norfolk Ohio....
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Quinn (exit Strategy)
A professional hitman. A police officer too (a US Marshal). A contact of Jack. Quinns buddy is Felix. He develops a liking for Nadia. Is his name Robert Quincy? Lives in Virginia.more...
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Saul (exit Strategy)
Another professional hitman. Late middle-aged. Balding. A contact of Jack. "Dont trust him" says Jack.more...
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Baron (exit Strategy)
A former hitman trying to get back into the business....
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Cooper (exit Strategy)
A middle man for other hitmen. Knows Baron. A businessman when it comes to information - hell sell anything.more...
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Russ Belding
A man taking his mutt terrier Champ out for a walk in Florida....
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Frances And Maggie
Friends of Evelyn, Life partners, a former team of hitwomen....
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Little Joe Nikolaev
Older brother of Boris Nikolaev, head of the Nikolaev crime family. Leon Kozlov and Nicky Volkv worked for the family....
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Paul Tomassini
Nephew to Frank, the head of the family. Came to Nadias lodge several years ago and liked it. He is her direct employer.more...
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Jaxson (exit Strategy)
A well known movie actor....
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Bert (exit Strategy)
Works for Little Joe Nikolaev....
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Benjamin Moreland
Claims to be the illegitimate son of Charles Manson. Confined to a mental institution in Indiana....
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Lyndsay (exit Strategy)
A woman who lives in a gated community near Seattle....
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Grace And Cliff
Opera lovers; they especially enjoy the Nutcracker....
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Maurice Gallagher
A big man in the Las Vegas crime scene. He called the hit on Sasha Fomin....
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Wilkes (exit Strategy)
The hitman Gallagher hired to get Fomin. Jack thinks he fits the description. But, isnt he retired now?more...
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Martin Dubois
An FBI Agent. On the pursuit of the Helter Skelter Killer....