Crystal Clear Author:Richard F. West EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS OR EIGHT MILLION LIVES. CRYSTAL CLEAR. — A renegade germ warfare expert holds the population of New York City in the palm of his hand. And everything is going his way. Everyone wants to stop him, but the governor is holding out on the CIA. The mayor won't play ball with the governor. Maybe the CIA would... more » rather keep the killer from talking than save the city. Maybe someone close to the governor is working with the killer.