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* HitmanWithAHeart: Wyatt is a hitman who only kills people who (at least by his standards) are evil.
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* BuriedAlive: Mr. Staniford's daughter was put in a storage container, which was buried with a tube to bring in more oxygen. Several bottles of water were also placed in this container to allow her to drink. The kidnappers thought she would survive there.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Mark is convinced that the shark bites on Danny Royal's body occured after he died due to the lack of blood in the surrounding tissue.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Mark is convinced that the shark bites on Danny Royal's body occured after he died due to the lack of blood in the surrounding tissue.tissue
* AccidentalMurder: The kidnappers had no intention of killing Mr. Staniford's daughter.
* AccidentalMurder: The kidnappers had no intention of killing Mr. Staniford's daughter.
* DrivenToSuicide: Mrs. Staniford made two suicide attempts due to her feelings of guilt over her daughter's kidnapping and death.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mr. Staniford found his daughter's dead body. Five years later he's hoping that her killers will be killed themselves.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mr. Staniford found his daughter's dead body. Five years later he's hoping that her killers will be killed themselves. His wife had still been alive, too - she [[DrivenToSuicide made two suicide attempts]] due to her feelings of guilt.
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The second book of the ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' franchise.
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* AntagonisticTitle: Mark's primary goals are to catch Wyatt (the death merchant) and to arrest Wyatt's intended targets alive.
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* AntagonisticTitle: AntagonistTitle: Mark's primary goals are to catch Wyatt (the death merchant) and to arrest Wyatt's intended targets alive.
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* TheVillainMustBePunished: Wyatt is clearly motivated by this - starting with not caring how he got evidence while still a police officer, continuing with his apparent murder of the pedophile who got acquitted even though he was guilty, and up to [[spoiler:his last words before he died, making sure Mark won't let the fourth kidnapper escape justice]].
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* TheVillainMustBePunished: Wyatt is clearly motivated by this - starting with not caring how he got evidence while still a police officer, continuing with his apparent murder of the pedophile who got acquitted even though he was guilty, and up to [[spoiler:his last words before he died, making sure Mark won't let the fourth kidnapper escape justice]].justice]].
* WitnessProtection: At the end of the book, Dr. Plume - a plastic surgeon who helped wanted criminals get new identities - gets placed in this program in return for helping catch these criminals.
* WitnessProtection: At the end of the book, Dr. Plume - a plastic surgeon who helped wanted criminals get new identities - gets placed in this program in return for helping catch these criminals.
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* FingerInTheMail: The daughter's pinky was left on the cutting board.
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* InsideJob: The kidnapping was done by four employees of Mr. Staniford's company.
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Five years later, Mark and Steve are on vacation in Hawaii. One day when they are on the beach, a local hotel owner dies in what appears to be a [[ThreateningShark shark attack]]; however, Mark finds evidence the next day that the death was actually murder. The murderer, Wyatt, gets all the information he can about Mark and Steve, and installs listening and tracking devices on their phones and cars. Mark finds out that the murder victim was one of the four kidnappers of Mr. Staniford's daughter. Can Mark stop the murderer and get the other kidnappers alive?
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Five years later, Mark and Steve are on vacation in Hawaii. One day when they are on the beach, a local hotel restaurant owner dies in what appears to be a [[ThreateningShark shark attack]]; however, Mark finds evidence the next day that the death was actually murder. The murderer, Wyatt, gets all the information he can about Mark and Steve, and installs listening and tracking devices on their phones and cars. Mark finds out that the murder victim was one of the four kidnappers of Mr. Staniford's daughter. Can Mark stop the murderer and get the other kidnappers alive?
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* ContinuityNod: Wyatt reads about Mark's major cases, including [[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS5E22Obsession the Sweeny bombings]], [[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS5E7FatalImpact the air crash]], and [[Literature/DiagnosisMurderTheSilentPartner The Silent Partner]].
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* ContinuityNod: Wyatt reads about Mark's major cases, including [[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS5E22Obsession the Sweeny Sweeney bombings]], [[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS5E7FatalImpact the air crash]], crash of Pac Atlantic Flight 224]], and [[Literature/DiagnosisMurderTheSilentPartner The Silent Partner]].
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* ContinuityNod: Wyatt reads about Mark's major cases, including [[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS5E22Obsession the Sweeny bombings]], [[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS5E7FatalImpact the air crash]], and [[Literature/DiagnosisMurderTheSilentPartner The Silent Partner]].
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Mark is convinced that the shark bites on Danny Royal's body occured after he died due to the lack of blood in the surrounding tissue.
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* TheBearWasFramed: No shark was involved with Danny Royal's death.
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* BetterDieThanBeKilled: Wyatt prefers to commit suicide than be arrested for his murders.
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* MeaningfulAnagram: Kidnapper '''William Gregson''' vanished after the kidnapping, taking on a new name. However, he created a company called '''Roswell Imaging'''.
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* SignificantAnagram: Kidnapper '''William Gregson''' vanished after the kidnapping, taking on a new name. However, he created a company called '''Roswell Imaging'''.
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Mr. Staniford's daughter was kidnapped, and her pinky was left on the kitchen cutting board. He got the ransom money together and delivered it as instructed by the kidnappers; and it turned out she had already died due to the conditions the kidnappers left her in, unintended by them.
Five years later, Mark and Steve are on vacation in Hawaii. One day when they are on the beach, a local hotel owner dies in what appears to be a [[ThreateningShark shark attack]]; however, Mark finds evidence the next day that the death was actually murder. The murderer, Wyatt, gets all the information he can about Mark and Steve, and installs listening and tracking devices on their phones and cars. Mark finds out that the murder victim was one of the four kidnappers of Mr. Staniford's daughter. Can Mark stop the murderer and get the other kidnappers alive?
!"The Death Merchant" displays symptoms of the following tropes:
* TheBearWasFramed: No shark was involved with Danny Royal's death.
* BetterDieThanBeKilled: Wyatt prefers to commit suicide than be arrested for his murders.
* DirtyCop: Wyatt is a former police officer, and he generally ignored suspect's rights. He resigned from the force when a pedophile he caught got acquitted; the pedophile died a few months later, [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident from what appeared to be an accident]].
* HeroDoesPublicService: Even on vacation, Mark spends much of his time giving medical service. In fact, his first meeting with Danny Royal is treating him for a jellyfish sting.
* LetOffByTheDetective: Although he knows that Mr. Staniford hired Wyatt, Mark decides not to try and prove it.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Wyatt generally does this. [[spoiler:Not with the third kidnapper, though.]]
* MeaningfulAnagram: Kidnapper '''William Gregson''' vanished after the kidnapping, taking on a new name. However, he created a company called '''Roswell Imaging'''.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mr. Staniford found his daughter's dead body. Five years later he's hoping that her killers will be killed themselves.
* ProfessionalKiller: Wyatt kills those who have done serious crimes against rich people, and the rich people pay him for it.
* ReverseWhodunnit: The reader is introduced to Wyatt long before Mark is, and several scenes of the book are from his point of view.
* SerialKiller: Wyatt commits 3 murders during this book, and is implied to have done several others
* SharkFinOfDoom: Subverted. As part of the "shark attack" on Danny Royal, a fake fin of a tiger shark is displayed.
* ThreateningShark: Subverted. Danny Royal's death [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident appears]] to be this, but is later discovered to be murder.
* TheVillainMustBePunished: Wyatt is clearly motivated by this - starting with not caring how he got evidence while still a police officer, continuing with his apparent murder of the pedophile who got acquitted even though he was guilty, and up to [[spoiler:his last words before he died, making sure Mark won't let the fourth kidnapper escape justice]].
Five years later, Mark and Steve are on vacation in Hawaii. One day when they are on the beach, a local hotel owner dies in what appears to be a [[ThreateningShark shark attack]]; however, Mark finds evidence the next day that the death was actually murder. The murderer, Wyatt, gets all the information he can about Mark and Steve, and installs listening and tracking devices on their phones and cars. Mark finds out that the murder victim was one of the four kidnappers of Mr. Staniford's daughter. Can Mark stop the murderer and get the other kidnappers alive?
!"The Death Merchant" displays symptoms of the following tropes:
* TheBearWasFramed: No shark was involved with Danny Royal's death.
* BetterDieThanBeKilled: Wyatt prefers to commit suicide than be arrested for his murders.
* DirtyCop: Wyatt is a former police officer, and he generally ignored suspect's rights. He resigned from the force when a pedophile he caught got acquitted; the pedophile died a few months later, [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident from what appeared to be an accident]].
* HeroDoesPublicService: Even on vacation, Mark spends much of his time giving medical service. In fact, his first meeting with Danny Royal is treating him for a jellyfish sting.
* LetOffByTheDetective: Although he knows that Mr. Staniford hired Wyatt, Mark decides not to try and prove it.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Wyatt generally does this. [[spoiler:Not with the third kidnapper, though.]]
* MeaningfulAnagram: Kidnapper '''William Gregson''' vanished after the kidnapping, taking on a new name. However, he created a company called '''Roswell Imaging'''.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mr. Staniford found his daughter's dead body. Five years later he's hoping that her killers will be killed themselves.
* ProfessionalKiller: Wyatt kills those who have done serious crimes against rich people, and the rich people pay him for it.
* ReverseWhodunnit: The reader is introduced to Wyatt long before Mark is, and several scenes of the book are from his point of view.
* SerialKiller: Wyatt commits 3 murders during this book, and is implied to have done several others
* SharkFinOfDoom: Subverted. As part of the "shark attack" on Danny Royal, a fake fin of a tiger shark is displayed.
* ThreateningShark: Subverted. Danny Royal's death [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident appears]] to be this, but is later discovered to be murder.
* TheVillainMustBePunished: Wyatt is clearly motivated by this - starting with not caring how he got evidence while still a police officer, continuing with his apparent murder of the pedophile who got acquitted even though he was guilty, and up to [[spoiler:his last words before he died, making sure Mark won't let the fourth kidnapper escape justice]].
