Cape Fear (aka Cape Fear) An insane criminal threatens to destroy a family, and the police are powerless to protect them. For fourteen years convicted rapist Max Cady nursed his hatred for Sam Bowden into an insane passion for revenge. He lived only for the day he would be free -- free to track d
Cape Fear
โ Scribed by MacDonald, John D.
- Book ID
- 100621012
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307826643
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โฆ Synopsis
How far would you go to save your family? In John D. MacDonald's iconic masterwork of suspense, the inspiration for not one but two Hollywood hits, a mild-mannered family is tormented by an obsessed criminal--and with the authorities powerless to protect them, they must take the law into their own hands.
Introduction by Dean Koontz
Sam Bowden has it all: a successful law career, a devoted wife, and three children. But a terrifying figure from Bowden's past looms in the shadows, waiting to shatter his pristine existence.
Fourteen years ago, Bowden's testimony put Max Cady behind bars. Ever since, the convicted rapist has been nursing a grudge into an unrelenting passion for revenge. Cady has been counting the days until he is set free, desperate to destroy the man he blames for all his troubles. Now that time has come.
Praise for Cape Fear
"The best of [John D. MacDonald's stand-alone] novels . . . an acute...
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An insane criminal threatens to destroy a family, and the police are powerless to protect them. For fourteen years convicted rapist Max Cady nursed his hatred for Sam Bowden into an insane passion for revenge. He lived only for the day he would be free -- free to track down and destroy the man who
SUMMARY: For 14 years convicted rapist Max Cady nursed his hatred for Sam Bowden into an insane passion for revenge. ''Tension and terror until the very end,'' Courant Magazine. LATER RENAMED CAPE FEAR, this novel is a classic in the terror/suspense genre. SUMMARY: For 14 years convicted rapist Max
How far would you go to save your family? In John D. MacDonald's iconic masterwork of suspense, the inspiration for not one but two Hollywood hits, a mild-mannered family is tormented by an obsessed criminal--and with the authorities powerless to protect them, they must take the law into their own h
SUMMARY: For 14 years convicted rapist Max Cady nursed his hatred for Sam Bowden into an insane passion for revenge. "Tension and terror until the very end," Courant Magazine. LATER RENAMED CAPE FEAR, this novel is a classic in the terror/suspense genre. SUMMARY: For 14 years convicted rapist Max Ca