A Running Duck (Paperback)

Paula Gosling

ISBN 10: 1509855289 / ISBN 13: 9781509855285

Editore: Pan Macmillan, London, 2017

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Paperback. An ordinary career woman with a target on her back. Originally published in 1978, A Running Duck is a compulsive, vintage thriller from Paula Gosling, winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.Clare is a copywriter, working at an advertising agency in San Francisco. On a crowded street, as she helps a passing stranger pick up some dropped papers, a sniper's bullet pierces her arm.Scarred by his past, Lieutenant Malchek is a Vietnam veteran, a former sniper himself who now specialises in hunting down hitmen. He is assigned to Clare's case, tasked with protecting her life. Someone wants Clare dead and Malchek knows how to draw him out . . .Full of suspense and romantic tension, A Running Duck has been adapted for film as Cobra, starring Sylvester Stallone. A good-looking girl, a tough cop and a special stranger somebodys setting somebody up for a killing . . . Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: A Running Duck (Paperback)
• Editore: Pan Macmillan, London
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1509855289
• ISBN 13: 9781509855285
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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Riassunto

An ordinary career woman – with a target on her back. Originally published in 1978, A Running Duck is a compulsive, vintage thriller from Paula Gosling, winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.

Clare is a copywriter, working at an advertising agency in San Francisco. On a crowded street, as she helps a passing stranger pick up some dropped papers, a sniper's bullet pierces her arm.

Scarred by his past, Lieutenant Malchek is a Vietnam veteran, a former sniper himself who now specialises in hunting down hitmen. He is assigned to Clare's case, tasked with protecting her life. Someone wants Clare dead – and Malchek knows how to draw him out . . .

Full of suspense and romantic tension, A Running Duck has been adapted for film as Cobra, starring Sylvester Stallone.

Recensione

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)