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...somebody's setting somebody up for a killing . . .

About the Author
Paula Gosling was born in Detroit and moved permanently to England in 1964. She worked as a copywriter and a freelance copy consultant before becoming a full-time writer in 1979. She published her first novel, A Running Duck, in 1974. This won the John Creasey Award for the best first novel of the year and Monkey Puzzle, the first in her Jack Stryker series, won a Gold Dagger. She is a past Chairman of the CWA.

Reviews
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 *



Book Information
ISBN 9781509855285
Author Paula Gosling
Format Paperback
Page Count 286
Imprint Macmillan Bello
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 331g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 16mm