The Running of Beasts
by Bill Pronzini, Barry Malzberg (Author)
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THEY ARE DEAD.THEY ARE HIDEOUSLY DEAD.FIVE WOMEN ARE DEAD.A HOMICIDAL MANIAC HAS KILLED FIVE WOMEN.Three down when Ferrara, a psychiatrist, and Valerie Broome, New York feature writer, arrive in the Adirondacks to see when the local Jack the Ripper will kill again. Fatalities and failed assaults ensue.Is it Steven Hook, failed actor, alcoholic, track loser? Or Jack Cross, local newspaperman, with too much mother and a girl who's pregnant? They have their reasons to rage against women...Tags
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"The Running of the Beasts" is a story about a serial killer in a small town in upstate New York. The authors (Pronzini and Malzberg) approach the serial killer story from a different angle. The story doesn't focus on one detective pursuing the killer, but shoots out into six different alternating points of view. These different points of view make the reading a bit difficult at first, but eventually you get used to these switches and how each of these characters develop. In the end, the story is haunting, cold, and brutal. The pace really picks up towards the end. Well worth reading.
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Bill Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California on April 13, 1943. His first novel, The Stalker, was published in 1971. He is best known for his creation of the Nameless Detective Mystery series, as well as several westerns and novels of dark suspense. He has been a full time writer since 1969. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more show more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. He has won numerous awards including three Shamus Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Mystery Writers of America. His book Snowbound received the Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere, as the best crime novel published in France in 1988. Pronzini has established himself as a master of the Western novel as well as earning a name for himself in the dark fiction genre. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- The Running of Beasts
- Original publication date
- 1976
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.25)
- Languages
- English, German, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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