Stalking Horse

Jill McGown

ISBN 10: 0312022913 / ISBN 13: 9780312022914

Published by St. Martin's Press October 1988, 1988

About this Item

First edition by number code. Boards have shelf wear. Dust jacket has shelf wear.

Seller Inventory # 289495

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stalking Horse
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press October 1988
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312022913
• ISBN 13: 9780312022914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Collectible - Acceptable
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

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Synopsis

Paroled from prison after serving sixteen years for the murders of two people, a crime that he did not commit, Bill Holt returns to his hometown in search of the true killer

Reviews

Crisp dialogue and a tightly woven plot elevate the common theme of revenge to new heights in McGown's third novel (after An Evil Hour ). Businessman Bill Holt fails to convince anyone that he did not commit the two murders of which he is accused: that of his lifelong friend, Alison Bryant, and of a private detective he never even met, Michael Allsopp, who had been assigned to trail Alison. Holt spends 16 years in prison pondering the link between the crimes and becomes obsessed with discovering the identity of the murderer, belatedly realizing that it had to be one of his acquaintances. When he is paroled, he returns home to the English countryside in quest of the truth and the person who framed him. But an unforeseen event complicates Holt's plan of revenge: he encounters Jan Wentworth, a freelance writer, who believes in his innocence and wants to help him pursue the culprit. Their combined efforts lead to a surprising conclusion in a first rate mystery thriller that is engrossing right from the start.
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