[The Watchmaker] is a rather compelling bad guy. His avocation is making clocks and watches, and he takes the skills he uses in those activities and applies them to coming up with evil plots for murder, mayhem, whatever bad thing he's going to do.
A small, corrupt southern town is about to explode in violence, in this standalone Andrew Vachss mystery. It’s 1959, and the strongman who owns the town is facing several threats, including the Mafia and an Irish mob.
[The Watchmaker] is a rather compelling bad guy. His avocation is making clocks and watches, and he takes the skills he uses in those activities and applies them to coming up with evil plots for murder, mayhem, whatever bad thing he's going to do. 
