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Cape Fear

by John D. MacDonald

A family’s past catches up with them

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A family’s past catches up with them

Sam Bowden’s testimony sent Max Cady to prison; fourteen years later, Cady is free and intent on revenge. The threat reaches into Bowden’s home life, placing his wife and children alongside his career and security in the path of a conflict rooted in an old courtroom decision. The plot turns on the pressure of that pursuit and the family’s choice to take matters into their own hands. First published as *The Executioners*, the novel brings its suspense together with questions of responsibility, retaliation, and how far people will go to protect their home.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in suspense built around a criminal’s revenge against the person whose testimony imprisoned him.
  • For readers who enjoy stories where family safety and personal responsibility are central to the conflict.
  • For readers interested in thrillers that place a past legal decision at the heart of a present danger.

Themes

Revenge and retaliationFamily protectionResponsibility for past actions

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Book overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this masterwork of suspense from "a mesmerizing storyteller" (Stephen King), a mild-mannered family is tormented by an obsessed criminal--and decides to take matters into their own hands.

Now an Apple TV limited series starring Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson, from executive producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg

"An acute psychological study of base instinct, terror, mistakes, and raw emotion."--Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reacher series

Sam Bowden has it all: a successful law career, a devoted wife, and three children. But a terrifying figure from Bowden's past looms in the shadows, waiting to shatter his pristine existence.

Fourteen years ago, Bowden's testimony put Max Cady behind bars. Ever since, the convicted rapist has been nursing a grudge into an unrelenting passion for revenge. Cady has been counting the days until he is set free, desperate to destroy the man he blames for all his troubles. Now that time has come.

Originally published as The Executioners
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