A Running Duck (U) - Hardcover

Gosling, Paula

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0708906184 ISBN 13: 9780708906187

Publisher: Ulverscroft, 1981

Synopsis

Clare Randell, copywirter for a major San Francisco advertising agency, is running for a cab one evening whe she is suddenly, inexplicably shot by a snipere. When the police investigate, Lieutenant Mike Malchek discerns the mark of Edison, a deadly assassin he's been tracking for years. Then Clare's finance is killed in a second attempt on her life, and the cold, silent Malchek is assigned to protect her. This is the intriguing story of antagonists who fall in love under nerve-shattering circumstances. And just as clare and Malchek begin to realize their passon for one another, Edison is after them again, full force.

About this title

About the Author

Paula Gosling was born in Detroit and moved permanently to England in 1964. She worked as a copywriter and a freelance copy consultant before becoming a full-time writer in 1979. She published her first novel, A Running Duck, in 1974. This won the John Creasey Award for the best first novel of the year and she has since garnered both the Silver and Gold Daggers. She is a past Chairman of the CWA.

Review

This is a writer who always entertains * Sunday Telegraph * Super, swift-sure characterisation, pace, high local colour: Paula Gosling has all the gifts * Sunday Times *

Edition details

• Publisher: Ulverscroft
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0708906184
• ISBN 13: 9780708906187
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 369