Stray Dogs

John Ridley

ISBN 10: 0345413458 / ISBN 13: 9780345413451

Published by Ballantine Books, United States, 1997

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Head of the spine is bumped and there is light spotting to the outer pages, else clean. Jacket has light wear to the head and heel of the spine, else clean and not price-clipped. First edition, first printing. 168 p.

Seller Inventory # 001057

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stray Dogs
• Publisher: Ballantine Books, United States
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345413458
• ISBN 13: 9780345413451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery Thriller

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Synopsis

"It's the heat that makes you crazy. I don't know what it is, but it works that way for man and animal alike. I've seen some peculiar things on a hot day too. I've seen a scorpion sting itself to death. It just keeps drivin' its tail into its body again and again. A little killer killing itself. And what a man'll do on a hot day. A man could get his self killed just for rubbing shoulders with another. . . ."

A loner, a drifter, a gambler--John Stewart asks little of life. But when his '64 Mustang busts a radiator hose in the middle of the empty Nevada desert, he prays to God, Buddha, L. Ron. And rolls into the tiny town of Sierra. Where he finds . . . nothing. A gas station whose former owner is lying low in the cemetery. A strip of barren, dust-blown store fronts. A truck stop cafe with more flies than customers.

Stewart wants out. Sucker-punched in a rigged poker game, he's got to get to Vegas to settle a debt. Or else.

Then in walks Grace, a seductive knockout who can read fortunes in faces. In the next twenty-four hours, Stewart becomes ensnared in a web of dirty double-crosses, cold propositions, and desperate souls--deadly ground where murder is just one gasp away.

A stunning, fast-paced novel, Stray Dogs unfolds with unrelenting tension, memorable characters, and shocking twists of plot. John Ridley has created a hypnotic story that is pure noir, from its first page until its shattering climax.

About the Author

John Ridley wrote and directed the feature film, Cold Around the Heart. He lives in Los Angeles where he is currently working on his next novel.