Synopsis
When Cole Clayfield's little granddaughter is kidnaped, the Tennessee mountain man springs into action using his tracking skill to hunt for her abductor. Meanwhile, her other grandfather, a wealthy man is using his money and influence for the same end.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-10-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 4.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 8.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
"A breakout book. A rich layering of thought and emotion...take it beyond the thriller genre." -- The Cincinatti Post Cole Clayfield is called a throwback by those who know him. A Kentucky mountain man lost in modern times, he's more comfortable alone in his isolated cabin, hunting with his dogs, or teaching his granddaughter Shelby to understand nature and respect the earth.Then Shelby is suddenly kidnapped at gunpoint by a sociopath named Darnell, shocking Clayfield's tracking instincts into action. Desperate to get his granddaughter back alive, Clayfield sets out to do what he does best: hunt down an animal.Scaling the rough mountain trail and striding the mean city streets, Clayfield is on Darnell's trail, inching closer and closer to the madman who is holding his granddaughter -- praying that it's not too late to save her, and that Darnell pays with his life's blood for what he's done.
Cole Clayfield is called a throwback by those who know him. A Kentucky mountain man lost in modern times, he's happiest alone in his isolated cabin or hunting with his dogs. Then his beloved granddaughter Shelby is kidnapped at gunpoint by a sociopath named Darnell, shocking Clayfield's tracking instincts into action. Desperate to get his granddaughter back alive, Clayfield sets out to do what he does best--hunt down an animal.
Industry Reviews
The clich? that when city slickers and backwoods yokels clash the yokels always win is older than Li'l Abner. Still, Strunk (Jordon's Wager) manages to reinvigorate them in this tightly focused crime thriller. Cole Clayfield, a modern Kentucky mountain man, has been feeling suicidal since the death of his wife. When his granddaughter Shelby is kidnapped by escaping convict Darnell Pittmore and Pittmore's girlfriend, Clayfield finds more than enough reason to live. He dedicates himself to tracking down the pair and getting Shelby back, stubbornly going off on his own without help from the local cops. Equally stubborn in his own way is Shelby's other grandfather, G.D. Stockton, who thinks that money, political influence and a hired specialist will win his grandchild back; he's willing to offer a million dollars if Shelby is returned unharmed. Strunk knows how to tell a story his treatment of the grit and courage of a wounded Clayfield is particularly nervy so readers might not dwell too long on why the FBI doesn't get involved in the case, when word of the kidnapping and the offered ransom is "all over the news.'' Even with a plot hitch like that, this is one smooth story, as clean and swift as the cleave of a Bowie knife through mountain air. (Aug.)
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