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Title details for The Night Stalker by James Swain - Available

The Night Stalker

A Novel of Suspense

#2 in series

by James Swain
Richard Mover
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Ex-cop Jack Carpenter is the type of guy criminals avoid, so he’s surprised to receive a summons from Florida state prison’s death row. Staving off his rendezvous with Old Sparky one appeal at a time, notorious serial killer Abb Smith wants Carpenter to find his grandson. Even stranger, the case involves Heather Rinker, a childhood friend of Jack’s daughter. After making some bad choices in her short life, Heather now desperately needs Jack’s help to save both herself and her young son from a murderer’s grasp.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Jack Carpenter

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 1, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792759140
      • File size: 261034 KB
      • Duration: 09:03:49

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Novelist James Swain's cop drama introduces readers to former cop Jack Carpenter, a man summoned to a Florida state prison to meet with a death row inmate who has one final request. Of course, there's more than meet's the eye to this chilling story as Carpenter soon finds himself involved in a journey to save a family from the killer's grasp. Narrator Richard Mover gives a spirited performance that taps into the heinousness of cold-blooded killers as well as the stone-cold personality of Carpenter. Mover displays a knack for developing characters, no matter how insidious they might be. A stirring and compelling listen. L.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 18, 2008
      What crime fiction fan can resist a guy who isn't afraid to knock a few slime-bag heads when no one is watching? In Swain's fine second suspense novel to feature South Florida PI Jack Carpenter (after Midnight Rambler
      ), imprisoned serial killer Abb Grimes hires the tough, unrelenting ex-cop to find his kidnapped grandson, Sampson Grimes. The chief suspect is the child's father, Jed Grimes, but Jack thinks Jed is innocent, even though the evidence suggests otherwise. There's plenty of action and intelligent sleuthing, but it's Jack's uncompromising character and Swain's equally uncompromising writing that will keep readers turning pages and eager for the next installment: “I'd visited many prisons, and the smell was always the same: a choking mixture of piss, shit, fear, and desperation, wiped down by harsh antiseptics.” The winner of France's Prix Calibre 38, Swain is also the author of Deadman's Bluff
      and six other books in his Tony Valentine gambling series.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

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