The X and O KillingsA novel by Logan CarterBrooklyn, 1997. The borough is caught in the grip of terror.Bodies are turning up across the city-marked with cryptic symbols: an X... an O.At first, the police dismiss the deaths as random violence. But Dispatch reporter Frankie Moretti sees a pattern emerging: a deadly game of Tic-Tac-Toe being played out in blood across the map of a gritty, pre-digital New York.As the victims pile up, two killers-one brutal and impulsive, the other cold and calculating-race to complete the board. With pagers buzzing, payphones ringing, and the streets whispering danger, Frankie must decipher the rules before the next move is made... and she becomes part of the game herself.Tense, atmospheric, and razor-sharp, The X and O Killings is a gripping crime thriller about patterns hidden in chaos, the thin line between order and madness, and the cost of seeing too much.